10/12/21
Regenerative practices—such as no till, cover crops, crop rotations, increasing biodiversity, and minimizing chemicals—pull carbon from the atmosphere and store it in the soil where it boosts crop quality, bolsters the predictability and resiliency of farms, and turns back the clock on climate change.
By Emily Braun
10/18/21
After years of declining honeybee populations across the United States, Dennis Langlois, a beekeeper in Central Florida, says even though things are looking up, the work doesn't stop here.
10/13/21
Ranchers who want a large variety of wildlife species need to know where to focus their efforts to obtain the best results.
10/14/21
A healthy forest is a resilient forest that undergoes fire occurrences on a regular basis. To reintroduce low-severity fire to fire-adapted forests, land managers across New Mexico use prescribed fire under carefully planned conditions that typically align with spring and fall weather.
By Philip Brasher
10/21/21
(Subscriber Only) The 2021 Global Agricultural Productivity report, released each year by Virginia Tech with support from major agribusiness firms and nongovernmental organizations, says productivity is growing at an annual rate of 1.36%, well below the rate of 1.73% needed to keep up with rising food demand between now and 2050.
By Blake Nicholson
10/21/20
Widespread precipitation in North Dakota over the past week has dramatically improved drought across the entire state and significantly weakened wildfire activity.
By Tiffany Duong
10/19/21
"Pollinators are small but mighty parts of the natural mechanism that sustains us and our world," Midwest Regional Director Tom Melius said in a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services (FWS) statement that accompanied the agency's listing of the rusty patched bumblebee as endangered.
By Amy Mayer
10/20/21
(Subscriber Only) A House subcommittee on Wednesday will serve as the venue for the third hearing in 10 days aimed at studying the impacts of a lingering drought on California and other western states.
By Kevin Riordan
10/21/20
The grassroots nonprofit Save the Environment of Moorestown (STEM) is leading an effort to transform the Burlington County site, now called Swede Run Fields, into a destination for butterflies, birds, bees, other pollinators — and people. All of which are species under significant stress and in need of safe and nurturing places.
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