Early-20th century small landowners pushed back against crony capitalism. In a nation that envisions innovation as the...
Agriculture
Closer collaboration between governments, businesses, and scientists is needed to improve the situation. International efforts to reduce...
Dealing with labor shortages that farmers across the U.S. say are getting worse every year. Introduction From...
Robust, practical, pretty and pure, she was a symbol of wholesomeness and romantic pastoral innocence. The milkmaid...
If greenhouse gas emissions continue at a high rate, breadbaskets of Europe and North America will see...
Farmers across southern Arizona are among those in the West facing the brunt of climate change. Cassy...
Seemingly miraculous varieties can withstand drought, flood, and saltwater intrusion. Introduction Until as recently as 1970, India...
What we eat, and how that food is produced, affects our health but also the environment. What...
The expansion of very small Mycenaean settlements that were inscribed in the landscape of Pylos. Introduction Between...
Commodity trading firms made a killing last year “Gambling on the basics of life”. As much of...
The French found an interest in local food resources as soon as they arrived in North America....
“Corporate consolidation is at the heart of our food system’s dysfunction.” Food & Water Watch on Tuesday...
The high cost of labor drove inventors to create machines that would make farming cheaper and profits...
Corporations restrict what farmers can do with their own seeds and farm equipment that breaks down. Introduction...
There is no doubt that fruit trees are an excellent source of nutrition. They provide essential vitamins,...
Improved cultivation techniques have enabled the pricey, odorous fungus to be farmed in new landscapes. Introduction Every...
Taking time to talk is a good way to relieve the isolation that most ag workers experience...
American agriculture and rural life underwent a tremendous transformation in the 20th century. Abstract The structure of...
The ghost of the Incas’ farming achievements still shadows the Andes. They were masters of their harsh...
A series of inventions led to dramatic changes in medieval agricultural technology. In 600 CE, Europe had...
Emerging technologies are changing the role of farmers, agronomists, and agricultural intermediaries. Introduction Emerging technologies in the...
The earliest evidence of small-scale cultivation of edible grasses is from around 21,000 BCE. Introduction Agriculture began independently...
Terracing has been used for centuries to help prevent fire, moderate temperatures, and make farming possible. Surrounded...
Three events set the stage—and would influence agriculture for centuries—in Europe. Introduction Agriculture in the Middle Ages describes...
As of 2019, more than 62% of all foreign-owned agricultural land in the United States was owned...
These insecticides harm nontarget insects, mammals, and birds. States are starting to restrict use of these products....
The shift from the hunter-gatherer strategy to farming occurred in stages. Introduction The Neolithic Revolution began between 10,000 and...
34 percent of agricultural land is degraded and water is overdrawn. The land and water resources farmers...
Understanding why and how land loss continues to reproduce black dispossession. After hundreds of years of violence...
Farming began in the 4th millennium BCE in the hill country of southeastern Turkey, western Iran, and...