Humans have been turning seeds and soil into food for thousands of years. We first started cultivating edible plants at the end of the last Ice Age, roughly 12,000 years ago. Ploughing made this ...

The word "waste" describes materials or products that are no longer of use. In a linear economy, it accumulates as an undesired by-product of economic activity. Waste and environmental hazards are ...

Sitting in front of my office is a two-row, horse-drawn planter. I inherited it from a ranch I bought where it sat from the day it was last used, more than 100 years prior. If all went well, you could ...

Wagyu beef is widely known for its intense marbling, rich flavor, and exceptionally high price. The process behind it begins years before the meat ever reaches a restaurant kitchen, starting with ...

The farm bill process, which is always long and winding, is well underway. Much of the work occurring now is listening to growers and their associations. The House and Senate Agriculture committees, ...

One idea that has been growing in both research and practice is the circular economy, which sees value in “waste” flows and re-routes them back into the economic process. A striking example of a ...