The Affordable Care Act disproportionally benefits farmers and rural communities. What happens if the Trump administration ...

Just north of the U.S.-Mexico border, California’s Imperial Valley is both a desert and an agricultural wonder. Bordered by sand dunes and barren mountains, the region receives less than three inches ...

Amid drought and demand, the state is trying to circumvent the “use it or lose it” policy and change its water rights system.

Farmers in the San Luis Valley hope to restore shrinking aquifers that make farming possible here. Their tactic: groundwater ...

Author and psychologist Michael Rosmann talks about his new book, the stresses and struggles facing farmers and ranchers, and ...

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Ocean farming, or mariculture, holds promise for a sustainable food future, but it could also negatively alter the world’s marine footprint.

Neonicotinoids coat nearly all the corn and soybean seeds available for planting. Agrichemical companies have designed it ...