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agriculture
Lauren Leffer • June 30, 2021
The U.S. is relaxing regulations on pesticide-spraying drones, and some experts believe their precision may help reduce overall chemical use.
Lauren Leffer • April 27, 2021
Financial, cultural and structural barriers stand in the way, but momentum is on the side of a changing agricultural landscape
Delger Erdenesanaa • February 17, 2021
Experts warn erosion is depleting the essential but scarce soil nutrient
Huanjia Zhang • January 19, 2021
Global warming does not discriminate, but the system that prepares farmers for it does
Huanjia Zhang • January 11, 2021
The pandemic has exposed and worsened deep-seated problems in a meat industry dominated by huge producers
Huanjia Zhang • December 23, 2020
Spurred by global warming and development, saltwater intrusion is a growing threat to coastal agriculture
![Transportation accounts for around 6% of carbon emissions in the global food system, new analyses suggest. [Credit: CC0 | Pixabay]](https://scienceline.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/eating-local.jpeg)
Jonathan Moens • May 8, 2020
It’s what you eat, not where it comes from, that matters most, new analyses suggest
Donavyn Coffey • August 5, 2019
A Kentucky foundation is trying to build a local food economy that works for farmers and the planet
Passant Rabie • January 16, 2019
Producers say they’ll roll-out ‘clean meat’ products soon, but would you eat it?
Donavyn Coffey • October 24, 2018
A chef’s take on reducing farm-level food waste
Kelsey R. Kennedy • July 25, 2016
Activist groups and farmers are gearing up for a fight in Central Oregon
Rebecca Harrington • April 10, 2015
Scientists are working on turning harmful algae blooms intro practical energy sources
Lydia Chain • April 3, 2015
Cows munching grass instead of corn could cut nitrogen pollution
Rebecca Harrington • March 4, 2015
Our misplaced confidence in biofuels
Rebecca Cudmore • September 29, 2013
The author suggests that empowering women could feed the future