A new paper provides the first statistically derived estimate of bee species richness around the world. But this is about more than bees.

Through SeedChange, the researchers partner with the Canadian Organic Vegetable Project, a network of farmers and seed growers who will participate in the breeding process and provide feedback based ...

With billions spent, is Iowa's water improving? Farm leaders say yes, but more work is needed. Others want changes — from tweaks to a transformation.

A new paper provides the first statistically derived estimate of bee species richness around the world. But this is about more than bees.

Nebraska farmer Trent Bohling shares how Kernza perennial grass enhances soil health while providing quality cattle forage ...

The widespread adoption of uniform, high-yielding crop and livestock breeds has further narrowed the genetic base of agriculture, making food systems more vulnerable to pests, diseases, and climate ...

More than 70% of assessed wild food plants in Africa face extinction, a rate twice the global average. African gene banks conserve only about 14% of wild relatives of major crops, with less than 10% ...

Africa is losing the plant diversity that underpins food security,nutrition and livelihoods, a new report warns. The Third Report on the Stateof the World’s Plant Genetic Resources for Food and ...

Africa’s shrinking crop diversity threatens food security as droughts, erratic rainfall, climate change and agricultural resilience challenges intensify.

I think I was a bit too gnomic in the last Brainfood. What I was trying to do was arrange a bunch of recent papers on the pipeline from diverse farm landscapes to better health and nutrition outcomes.

Farmers now have more reasons to consider rotating their crops, University of Alberta research shows. Widely used to restore soil health, the agricultural practice boosts the diversity of bacterial ...

Georgia’s Samtskhe-Javakheti region lies along the country’s southern edge, its hills rolling into the Turkish border. Centuries-old fortresses and monasteries, now tourist attractions and heritage ...