A new international study into the impact of agricultural land use on climate change has found organic food production is worse for the climate than conventional farming, due to the fact that it needs ...

Organic food has a substantial markup over conventional food, and always has, but that comes with a higher price for certification and production. A new study from researchers at Washington State ...

As 2025 comes to an end, just half of farmers in Colorado and across the U.S. are expected to turn a profit, because of a ...

Dr. Banarsi Lal [email protected] Conventional farming has made it possible to supply the world’s increasing population but ...

Farm bills – famously complex legislative and spending balances between farm subsidies, food assistance, conservation and ...

Instead of debating organic vs. conventional farming, research should focus beyond nutrient content and safety to the impacts on the whole food chain system. Jim Gehrz Minneapolis Star Tribune file ...

Organic farming is more profitable and economically secure than conventional farming even over the long-term, according to a new study in Agronomy Journal. Using experimental farm plots, researchers ...

In the largest and most comprehensive study* of organic farming to date, published today in the Royal Society Journal, Biology Letters, scientists from leading UK institutions show conclusively that ...

Growing in both green and 'gray' spaces in cities, along with the variability of growing methods, means some city crops -- like cucumbers, potatoes and lettuces -- yield at least twice as much as ...