Careful timing ensures crops can handle a little heat. But recently, sudden heat waves and long-lasting ones in already warm ...

The industrial standard in agriculture involves heavy use of herbicides and pesticides to meet the bottom line of production.

Whether you’re a gardener or small-scale farmer, you’ve probably been hit with advertisements, YouTube videos, and word-of-mouth stories about the next best thing to make growing plants easier. Your ...

After two weeks in Glasgow, the United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) is over. Countries around the world sent delegates and world leaders to the conference, including ...

by Lindsay Campbell · September 23, 2019 Farm How One California Farmer Built an Online Tool to Address Food Waste ...

Plants that attract these beneficial predators include vetch, alfalfa, corn, and crimson clover. Natives like elderberry, ...

Dry-farmed tomatoes are well-known in California and are gaining popularity in the Pacific Northwest and other growing regions. Customers know these fruits for their smaller size, which packs all of ...

Members of the Aster and Symphyotrichum genera are long-beloved plants with a wide range of nativity across North America.

Plant your trees in late fall to early spring. In addition to full sunlight, fig trees appreciate a lot of room. If you’re planting more than one tree, make sure they have 15 to 20 feet between them.

And there’s stewardship value in farm survival. “Keeping these 450 acres of land open is good for property values, but it’s also good for groundwater, wildlife habitat, food security and climate ...