Rendering some of the world’s toxic soils moot, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research and Cornell researchers are learning to grow stress-tolerant crops on formerly non-farmable land.
Puffed rice just got more snap, crackle and pop, thanks to a new method for making puffed rice that retains nutrients and allows producers to fortify cereals with vitamins and protein.
Commemorating International Women's Day March 8, a panel moderated by Catherine Bertini, World Food Prize laureate, examined consequences of the increasing role of women in agriculture in the developing world.
Learning how many weeds adapt to climate change could provide valuable information to inform ecological strategies, reports a study that analyzed four weed species that are spreading northward.
Horticulture graduate student Bryan Sobel went to Rwanda to help women learn to cultivate mushrooms, a crop that can help the genocide-ravaged nation recover.
