Food & Agriculture Archive

Food & Agriculture Stories

How do we feed a growing and more affluent population without the environmental collateral damage? The Anthropocene’s coverage of food and agriculture digs deep into innovations in farming, aquaculture, filling the global protein gap, reducing the carbon footprint of supply chains, and more.

A smart 3-step plan to phase in farm technology could cut 70% of crop emissions

Researchers find that carefully phasing in field-ready innovations, such as nitrogen-efficient crops and low-emissions tractors, could significantly cut the emissions from conventional row-crop agriculture

Saltwater Aquaculture Moves Inland

Improved technology could give fish farms a sustainable foothold far from the ocean

Leaving crop residues to rot could be an unexpected boon for climate mitigation

Crop residue left on the ground locked up carbon in the soil four times longer than if they were cleared away

The veiny structure of a spinach leaf could be the perfect scaffold for lab-grown meat

Decellularized spinach leaves are also a greener alternative to many current scaffolds for cultured beef

The fertilizer solution has become a major climate problem

Study reveals that anthropogenic N2O emissions have leapt by 30% over the past four decades

A new type of soil irrigates itself

Adding super-moisture-absorbent gels to arid soils could liberate farming from expensive irrigation and power systems

Water-Harvesting and Arid-Adapted Agrobiodiversity

A revival of rainwater harvesting is occurring around the world, as desert communities restore traditional systems known as rain gardens, ak-chin agriculture, floodwater farming, gavias, karez, qanats and fogarras.