Heritable and Kagome enlist AI to hunt for tomato disease-resistance genes
Heritable Agriculture has teamed up with Japanese food giant Kagome on a research programme aimed at finding genes…
Who will stop the draining of San Luis Valley’s water lifeline?
Can Colorado do more with less water? Where Colorado will find the water it needs to thrive is…
Japan went from a rice shortage to a rice surplus in two years, due to drought, tourism and the U.S.
In 2023, extreme heat and drought damaged Japan’s rice crop, and a year later, that damage turned into…
How Super El Niño could spike food prices by double-digits
The brewing “Super El Niño” will wreak havoc on global weather patterns this fall and winter could spike…
What we choose to eat or not eat is deeply personal. And it can evolve.
Food, Honestly is a monthly column discussing how people actually eat right now — not through reviews or recipes,…
‘Country hick’ Kentucky farm owner had terse 6-word response after being offered $26M to build data centers
An steadfast “country hick” farmer offered a terse six-word response to an AI company hoping to build a…
The alarming charts that reveal a planet in peril
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The…
Mass measles outbreak threatens Central Valley after farmworkers left Arizona
About 150 agricultural workers who recently left Arizona are being monitored for measles in three Central Valley counties…
Trump opens endangered species’ habitats to development
The Trump administration reversed decades of longstanding environmental law protecting endangered species Friday, opening up sensitive habitats of…
The FTC Settlement With John Deere Is a Huge Win for the Right-to-Repair Movement
On Wednesday, the US Federal Trade Commission announced a settlement with tractor manufacturer John Deere over a 2025…
O’Neill: Manufactured urgency is a detriment to mental and physical health • The Mendocino Voice
(Illustration by Joe Dworetzky/Bay City News) Casey O’Neill is a farmer and owner of Happy Day Farms in…
California fruit farmer reveals results of his massive nectarine giveaway: ‘Something none of us could have predicted’
A California farmer’s jaw-dropping offer to give away 125,000 pounds of free nectarines sparked a feeding frenzy that…