The Cool Down

Gardener shares money-saving technique for thriving plant beds: 'Going to be a pile of gold'

This method is called hügelkultur, a German word meaning "hill culture." Gardeners place logs, branches, and woody material ...
Growing Produce

How Farmers Can Act Now To Rise Above Global Water Woes

Growers must embrace innovation and adopt innovative irrigation solutions, such as smart irrigation, automation, and ...

Women take over ancient Aztec farms in Mexico to save vanishing ecosystems

In Mexico, traditionally women did not inherit chinampas, island farms first built by the Aztecs thousands of years ago ...
The Conversation

Biosphere 2’s latest mission: Learning how life first emerged on Earth – and how to make barren worlds habitable

Scott Saleska receives funding from National Science Foundation, NASA, and U.S. Department of Energy. Ghiwa Makke receives funding from National Science Foundation and U.S. Department of Energy. Chris ...
Sacramento Bee

How Nevada County food entrepreneurs can take ideas to the next level

Sierra Commons launches Food Accelerator to help rural entrepreneurs scale. Program supports underserved founders with free child care, advising and stipends. 2024 pilot created 8 jobs and helped ...
Science Daily

Scientists just found the “master switch” for plant growth

Scientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory have cracked open the secrets of plant stem cells, mapping key genetic regulators in maize and Arabidopsis. By using single-cell RNA sequencing, they ...
Entrepreneur

He Turned Failure Into a Massive Food Truck and Restaurant Operation. Here’s How.

What began as a failing takeout restaurant became a growing group of restaurants and food trucks across Florida and Georgia. Brown outfitted his World Famous fleet with 4K cameras, Ring cameras and ...
The Advocate

I got over my boiling block with Louisiana crabs and a swamp bucket. Here's how.

My very first time boiling seafood, I was a long way from home. I was visiting my sister in Phoenix, Arizona, actually — and we were not at all prepared to boil the 10 pounds of live crawfish she had ...
WMUR

Grow it Green: Food preservation methods

WELCOME TO TODAY’S GROW IT GREEN. I’M JACQUELINE THOMAS. WE’RE AT PAWTUCKAWAY STATE PARK, AND TODAY I’M TALKING WITH SEAN O’BRIEN FROM THE UNH EXTENSION. AND WHEN IT COMES TO FRUITS AND BERRIES, THERE ...
Jackson County Sentinel

Cool-season food plots boost wildlife and hunting opportunities

September through October is prime time for establishing cool-season food plots, a practice that not only improves a hunter’s chances of spotting deer and turkey but also provides valuable ...
Grist

How do we feed billions without wrecking the planet? A Q&A about our food systems.

This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist and WBEZ, a public radio station serving the Chicago metropolitan region. When veteran journalist Michael Grunwald set out to write ...

Europe floods its borders to stop Russia: Finland and Poland turn frontiers into anti-tank swamps as Germany warns Ukraine is 'just the start of Putin's plans for conquest' and ...

Several members of the 27-nation bloc are taking the drastic measures in anticipation of an invasion by Putin , who could turn his sights towards conquering Europe.