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5 votes
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The age of robot farmers - Picking strawberries takes speed, stamina, and skill. Can a robot do it?
14 votes -
Traveling the Green River to understand the future of water in the West
6 votes -
For a healthier planet, eat these fifty foods, campaign urges
9 votes -
On the death of my family's dairy farm
4 votes -
Farmworker vs Robot: Agricultural workers of the future may soon be made of tech and steel. Can a robot pick a strawberry better, faster, and cheaper than a seasonal farmworker?
5 votes -
Gardeners in da house?
I've enjoyed the challenges of gardening in zone 5 -6 and zone 10 - 11, and am wondering about others' experience. Climate change, with migrating pests/diseases and more erratic weather, are...
I've enjoyed the challenges of gardening in zone 5 -6 and zone 10 - 11, and am wondering about others' experience.
Climate change, with migrating pests/diseases and more erratic weather, are definitely noticeable trends.
While it's interesting to grow ornamentals and food crops that wouldn't ordinarily be available, it's also disturbing to find falling yields and utter collapses of formerly successful "easy" plants like basil and temperate climate tomato varieties.
There are limits on how much can be accomplished with purely "organic" controls - I've had to experiment with soil ecology (MycoStop for fungal infections, etc.). Allergenic plants are an increasing problem. There are brand new animal pests where I live as well - iguanas, pythons, and other hot-climate reptiles.
I'm curious about others' gardening results, and suggestions for improving adaptability.
12 votes -
Can we ditch intensive farming - and still feed the world?
11 votes -
The status of vertical farming at the end of 2018 - a summary
13 votes -
A murder over a Monsanto chemical
8 votes -
Global food systems are failing humanity and speeding up climate change: New report from 130 national academies issues wake-up call
8 votes -
Field of dreams: Heartbreak and heroics at the World Ploughing Championships
6 votes -
In northern Japan, orchardists harness the power of the sun to sear images of good fortune—and the occasional face of a celebrity—onto apples
6 votes -
Dan Barber: 'Twenty years from now you’ll be eating fast food crickets'
6 votes -
As Trump Demonizes Immigrants, These US Farmers Aren't Having it
10 votes -
A meatsmith's revolución
4 votes -
One of the world's largest banks has issued an alarming warning about antibiotic resistance — with big consequences for humanity
11 votes -
West Texas vineyards blasted by herbicide drift from nearby cotton fields
3 votes -
America isn’t ready for the lanternfly invasion
11 votes -
Changes for automakers, dairy farmers, labor unions and large corporations headline the renegotiated USMCA, which is poised to replace NAFTA
16 votes -
Hog farmers scramble to drain waste pools ahead of Hurricane Florence
5 votes -
What does monopsony mean? "Family-owned" chicken farms offer an answer
8 votes -
The forgotten crops that could feed the planet
14 votes -
Study shows forest conservation is a powerful tool to improve nutrition in developing nations
6 votes -
The world's first floating farm making waves in Rotterdam
4 votes -
Berry farmers are using automated lasers to scare birds away from their crops
8 votes -
The Pulaski Yankees will celebrate Agriculture Night by auctioning off a real, live cow
3 votes -
Science’s search for a super banana
9 votes -
How planting trees and grasses can help stabilise farmland in a changing climate
10 votes -
Donald Trump administration plans to help US farmers hurt by global trade tensions
4 votes -
The water wars of Arizona - Attracted by lax regulations, industrial agriculture has descended on a remote valley, depleting its aquifer — leaving many residents with no water at all
22 votes -
US President Donald Trump's trade offensive is producing brutal local headlines
9 votes -
The fallout in commodities from the US-China Trade war: what's at stake
6 votes -
High rates of suicide, depression linked to farmers use of pesticides
12 votes -
Cutting out meat and dairy is the best way to reduce your environmental impact
22 votes -
With deal to close this week, Bayer to retire Monsanto name
3 votes -
The ice stupa: An artificial glacier growing in the desert
3 votes