This is where conservation-focused farming methods, including no-till farming, come in. Conventional farming involves sowing ...

"Food should not be seasonal, because hunger is not seasonal," says Samson Ogbole, the founder and team lead of Soilless Farm Lab. A biochemist and farmer, Ogbole launched the lab in 2020 in Ogun ...

Humans have been turning seeds and soil into food for thousands of years. We first started cultivating edible plants at the end of the last Ice Age, roughly 12,000 years ago. Ploughing made this ...

Farming without soil could help feed the planet as farmland shrinks and the climate changes. Is this the future of farming? Hydroponics grows plants without soil, and aquaponics adds fish to the mix.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Marianne Krasny is a professor at Cornell University. Feb 03, 2025, 01:15pm EST Feb 04, 2025, 09:14am EST Dairy cattle in a ...

I’ve been a regenerative farmer for nearly two decades, currently operating Blue Ridge Farm in a remote corner of northeastern Washington State. One of my four key farm values is a commitment to ...

The Bengaluru-based company’s co-founder Arvind Narayanan says Growize brings structure, and modern systems to commercial ...

Aidee Guzman, 30, grew up the daughter of immigrants in California’s Central Valley, among massive fields of monocrops that epitomize intense, industrial agriculture. Her parents were farmworkers, and ...