The loss of Arctic sea ice has already been shown to be part of a positive feedback loop driving climate change, and a recent study…
Soil
As part of the growing need to find sustainable ways to provide organic, quality food for ourselves, our families, and our neighbors, more young people…
The yields of many important crops in Europe have been stagnating since the 1990s. As a result, the input of organic matter into the soil…
A group of leading soil scientists, including the University of Delaware's Donald L. Sparks, has summarized the precarious state of the world's soil resources and…
What if there were a risk-free way of helping to mitigate climate change while simultaneously addressing food and water security? A new report from the…
The key to gardening is dirt. If you can grow good dirt now, you can grow good vegetables this spring. And you don’t have to…
Imagine a wonderful world, a planet on which there was no threat of climate breakdown, no loss of freshwater, no antibiotic resistance, no obesity crisis,…
The soil is a vast living organism, stretching across continents with an interconnected ‘mind’ – a consciousness that spans countless numbers of tiny living beings.…
Scientists have discovered how aluminum, a toxic result of soil acidification, acts to reduce plant growth. The increasing human population and continuing degradation of farm soils…
Currently, 11% (2,140 of 19,515 total) of all U.S. organic farms share a watershed with active O&G drilling. Additionally, this percentage could rise up to…