Agriculture

Achieving a closed system on your farm is easy with a few key practices. Shifting focus toward nutrient cycling can turn a labor-intensive farm into a more passive, yet fruitful,...

In How the World Eats, Julian Baggini warns against romanticizing food systems of the past. We can learn lessons about farming, hunting and gathering, and animal husbandry, but our food...

When a farmer is no longer a farmer, it’s much different than when other people retire or change professions. Often, feelings of letting down previous generations and the question, “If...

The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) is now accepting grant applications for its Adaptive IPM for Invasive Agricultural Pests program, formerly known as Proactive IPM Solutions.  Administered by...

We bring you some of the best farm photos from the week this Friday, July 25, 2025! Want to get listed in this weekly feature? Be sure to hashtag your...

Bedford, Texas – July 9, 2025 – Hort Americas, a leading North American supplier of commercial greenhouse products and hydroponic solutions, is proud to announce a strategic partnership with Hortiplan, a...

The long, warm days of summer cause veggies like tomatoes, cucumbers, and squash to jump into overdrive. They seem to grow a few inches each day and begin cranking out...

As a kid, I used to cringe when my mom would pull the car over on the side of the freeway. She’d spot something growing wild in the hills around...

The condition of the nation’s spring wheat is widely varied, according to the latest Crop Progress report from USDA. In one state, 87% of the crop was in good/excellent condition,...

As agave farming catches on in California, UC ANR experts offer environmental and cultural considerations We’re living in a modern gold rush. That’s according to Samuel Sandoval Solis, a University of...