Sustainability
The company’s new biofungicide, Mevalone, is now available to treat bunch rot and powdery mildew in California.
The company is highlighting its environmental, social and governance work, emphasizing sustainability, inclusivity and community support.
Sustainable packaging, produce programs and visiting with customers were among the highlights of Viva Fresh 2024.
Ali Cox, CEO and founder of Noble West, an agriculture marketing consultancy, shares how specialty crop growers are currently using regenerative ag, its benefits and its potential for the future.
Salinas, Calif.-based Taylor Farms is celebrating its fifth facility to receive TRUE certification, which is used by facilities to define, pursue and achieve their zero-waste goals.
A letter from more than 25 environmental organizations said many Mexican growers have created legal, longstanding avocado farms that could continue to supply the U.S. if avocados from deforested lands are banned.
Apples, pears, stone fruit, cucumbers, melons and squash scored at the top of the chart for sustainability in a recent study by The Sustainability Consortium.
The Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research awarded a $540,000 Seeding Solutions Grant to Cornell University to develop a way to convert nutritious agricultural waste into snack foods.
POET, one of the nation’s leading ethanol producers, continues to develop new technology even as criticism mounts for an end to the federal ethanol mandate.
The New York native works as an extension agent educating people about consumer and commercial horticulture.
Agricultural and food companies are converting what were formerly thought of as waste products into profit centers, according to a new report, “Don’t Waste a Drop,”
Yield losses due to compaction in tracked areas can range between 10% and 20%.
Center-pivot irrigation systems, once thought to be suitable only for Kansas, Nebraska or California’s San Joaquin Valley, are going up in the eastern Corn Belt.
Novozymes has signed an agreement with Natural Industries Inc., which is researching how soil microorganisms can help combat weeds, insects and other pests.
The subsurface irrigation method, first adopted in the U.S. for vegetables, fruits and nuts, is supplementing and even replacing center-pivot systems for field crops.
The Farm Journal Foundation announced today that its nonprofit initiative Farmers Feeding the World is making its largest single commitment to date, giving $1 million to Heifer International.
The need for increased food production and the role farmers will play in the issue was a hot topic at the Ag Issues Forum in Nashville, Tenn.
See how President Barack Obama and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney answered the American Farm Bureau Federation’s farming questionnaire.
Organic growing practices, genetically modified organisms and other subjects are highlighted in this week’s segment.
By using crop residue you can reduce erosion potential, increase water storage capacity and, with tillage and rotation tweaking, create a nitrogen credit for future crops by building organic matter.
Herbicide carryover is something you’ll want to give thought to as you plan for the 2013 crop season.
Researchers at North Carolina State University and USDA–Agricultural Research Service (USDA–ARS) are studying the way carbon moves in and out of the soil and its role in how much carbon dioxide (CO2) is released into the atmosphere.
The ADT’s goal is to share U.S. agriculture practices with Afghan farmers so they can become more self-sufficient and less beholden to the Taliban.
A recent summit discussed the importance of affordable, reliable energy, challenges of renewable fuel and electricity, and more.
The decision was expected, but it’s unclear who will succeed the administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
DC Central Kitchen has found a way to feed the hungry with food that would otherwise be thrown away
The far southeast corner of the state will set all-time records for precipitation. These stations have data for over 100 years, including the Dust Bowl.
Researchers share deep knowledge of gypsum at the Midwest Soil Improvement Symposium.
Everyone involved in agriculture—me included—needs to get past trying to define sustainability.