Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Eastern meadowlark populations across the U.S. grasslands have dropped by about three-quarters since 1970. lwolfartist via ...

New research in Science is showing how the rise of modern agriculture has turned a North American native plant, common waterhemp, into a problematic agricultural weed. An international team led by ...

Intensive agriculture developed during the second half of the 20 th century and is still widely used today. Yet more and more voices are being heard for a return to more traditional techniques, even ...

Brands across the fashion spectrum are betting on regenerative agriculture to help them meet sustainability targets, but ...

Fruit and vegetables grown on urban farms, which are often touted as a healthier and more sustainable, are often more carbon-intensive than conventionally grown food, according to research published ...

Industrial agriculture depends on monoculture—growing single crops that can be easily planted, fertilized, treated with pesticides, and harvested—especially on large-scale, mechanized farms. In spite ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. IOWA CITY — An agricultural expert with more than four decades of experience studying pesticide use, ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Since the 1970s, the U.S. has lost billions of birds. We now know that those losses aren’t just growing – they are accelerating in places with intensive human activity, particularly ...

Since the 1970s, the U.S. has lost billions of birds. We now know that those losses aren’t just growing – they are accelerating in places with intensive human activity, particularly where agriculture ...