Just-released Nature paper shows more strategic use of nutrients and water on a global scale could boost production 45 to 70 percent for most crops Can we have enough to eat and a healthy en... Read more
The largest international effort in decades to combat hunger by investing in the fundamentals . . . The Obama administration has drafted some of the world’s largest food and finance c... Read more
Fish from the Sky with Vegetables GLOBE / HEDRON is a bamboo greenhouse designed to organically grow fish and vegetables on top of generic flat roofs. The design is optimized for aqua... Read more
Small-scale, family-based farming systems were among the most productive systems in developing countries The Prince of Wales, himself a long-time farmer, argues against the fallacy th... Read more
To feed the world’s growing and more affluent population, global agriculture will have to double its food production by 2050 Five steps, reflected in the maps, could be taken to help f... Read more
Organic farming is known to be environmentally sustainable, but can it be economically sustainable, as well? The answer is yes, according to new research in the Sept.-Oct. issue of Agronomy... Read more
Image via Wikipedia A sustainable global food system in the 21st Century needs to be built on a series of “new fundamentals”, according to a leading food expert. Tim Lang warned... Read more
Image via Wikipedia Scientists have identified a way that the United States could immediately save the energy equivalent of about 350 million barrels of oil a year — without spending a penny... Read more
Image via Wikipedia Crops can be produced for bioenergy on a significant scale in west, eastern and southern Africa without doing damage to food production or natural habitats, according to... Read more
