In the Land of a Thousand Hills, a 50-year-old agricultural technique to curb soil erosion is making a comeback.

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In the Land of a Thousand Hills, a 50-year-old agricultural technique to curb soil erosion is making a comeback.

See what stories caught our attention this week, from a vast restoration effort in Canada to the end of coal in the UK. See what stories caught our attention this week, from a new California law to ...

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When given the option, more and more farmers and their kids want to quit factory farming. The Transfarmation Project helps them do just that.

Beekeeping has been a way of life for Peter Kozmus since he was 14 years old. He had been part of a beekeeping club at school, and when his mentor decided to retire and sell his bee colonies, he ...

From tree planting and delayed mowing to school clubs and interactive “Bee Paths,” Slovenia is putting pollinators first.

Waterline is an ongoing series that explores the solutions making rivers, waterways and ocean food chains healthier. It is funded by a grant from the Walton Family Foundation. In Bangladesh, river ...

Thanks to a clever method known as sandbar cropping, squashes and other crops thrive on land that’s otherwise considered useless.