North Carolina farms use treated sewage sludge as fertilizer, but concerns over PFAs contamination are growing. With few disposal alternatives, regulators and farmers face tough choices.

The local effort is designed to incentivize commercial farming, preserving some of Cherry Hill's agricultural past.

Johnson County is seeking federal assistance, saying its farmland has become dangerously contaminated with “forever chemicals ...

On Feb. 13, a petition from Steven Wilson went before the Yarmouth Zoning Board of Appeals but didn’t make it very far.

Crops don't generally thrive in desert-like ground, but 1000 years ago farmers in Israel utilised refuse such as ash and ...

Planting fast-growing crops, burning them, capturing the released CO2 and storing it: this is being discussed as a way to remove greenhouse gases from the atmosphere and limit global heating to 1.5 ...

Hawthorne Nursery, one of the last Japanese American-owned plant nurseries established before World War II in Los Angeles, ...

Island Grown Initiative's executive director Noli Taylor has been a food activist for more than 20 years and part of IGI's leadership since the very start of the nonprofit in 2006.

Amid bitter battles over putting renewable energy on undeveloped land, some see parking lots as an appealing alternative. But be prepared for costs to double.

Federal regulators approved a proposal from the nation’s largest grid operator that will give primacy to 50 new power plants, ...

Are you growing food, flowers and other plants on a patio, balcony or deck? Tell us about your small-space container garden ...

The largest agricultural boom on the planet threatens to destroy a spectacular savanna. Here's what happens when progress ...