What if the future of farming didn’t involve sprawling fields or endless rows of crops under the open sky? What if the solution to feeding a growing global population lay not in expanding farmland but ...

I ntegrated farming is increasingly gaining attention as one of the most practical approaches to making agriculture more productive, profitable and sustainable. At its core, integrated farming ...

Indoor crops flourish in a vertical farm in Singapore. Smart cities could look very different from today’s urban centers. Streetlights could be communicating with bus stops, and subway trains could be ...

How does one move from a career as a commercial fisherman to becoming the winner of the 2015 Fuller Challenge, one of the most prestigious sustainability prizes? “The change of direction sprang from ...

Hydroponic grower Square Roots is pivoting in how it does business. A company spokesperson recently confirmed with The Packer that the controlled environment agriculture company is pausing commercial ...

Protecting soil is the duty of every farmer, says V T Valluvan. On his 36-acre farm at Vettaikaranpudur near Pollachi in Coimbatore, he has done just that, raising soil organic carbon from 0.5% to 3.4 ...

Extended periods of drought are tough on soil and tough on people, particularly women in the Marathwada region of Maharashtra, in India. Between 2012 and 2016, a sustained drought—a weather cycle ...