We all know fresh fruits and vegetables are good for our health – but did you know that the soil and surrounding environment the crops grow in also matters to our health and well-being? The ...

For the better part of three years, conservation groups across America have been watching the Farm Bill situation with the ...

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Agricultural systems worldwide are increasingly challenged by climate extremes, including prolonged droughts, heat waves, ...

Three farm families have been selected as finalists for New York’s Agricultural Environmental Management-Leopold Conservation Award, including Ben Wever Farm in Willsboro. Bottomland Farm ...

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Farming—at least as we know it today—is especially vulnerable to changes in climate because of its fundamental reliance on natural conditions. Climate determines the level and timing of precipitation, ...

Conservation agriculture (CA) integrates a suite of holistic principles aimed at enhancing the sustainability, resilience and productivity of smallholder farming systems. At its core lie three ...

Vanessa Trout on how Colorado conservation districts are using drones to improve agriculture, watershed management, and land ...