Like virtually every industry, farmers are feeling pressure to integrate AI into their everyday workflows. But even early adopters remain wary.

A Cautious Embrace of LLMs

We need trees more than ever — but seedlings are in short supply.

The Problem with Growing a Forest

Massive federal action stopped the Dust Bowl in its tracks. Will policy changes erode the progress we’ve made?

The Dust Bowl, 90 Years Later

At the annual Farm Olympics, young farmers in Tennessee discuss all the hurdles to acquiring their own property.

Racing to Buy Farmland

Battered by climate change and cultivated competitors, Maine’s wild blueberry growers stare down an existential crisis.

Black and Blue in the Barrens

California 4-H launched a series of drone camps this summer, preparing teens for farming’s future.

Drone Camp

It’s a vague term with a range of meanings. As a category, however, the rough fish designation is harming native fish populations.

The Plight of “Rough Fish”

A couple is resurrecting a long-lost native ecosystem, an island in the heart of a D.C. suburb.

The Time Traveler’s Garden

Millions of gallons of blood go to waste in slaughterhouses every year. But for some farmers, blood is the primary harvest. 

Blood Ranch

Few places are precious enough to grow pistachios to begin with.

Dubai Chocolate Made Pistachios Viral, But Are Small Farmers Winning?

The professionals tasked with keeping our livestock healthy are increasingly looking to less conventional techniques like applied kinesiology, acupuncture, and chiropractic care.

Traditional Vets Are Integrating Non-Western Treatments

Companies plan to sink agricultural waste to oxygen-free parts of the ocean. What could go wrong?

Dumping Crops Into the Deep Sea

Used tractors are increasingly valuable and often left out in the open with their keys in the cab, ready to be stolen. 

Tractor Theft Is Easy

Fusarium wilt is a destructive fungal disease that has long vexed spinach seed farmers in the Pacific Northwest. Researchers may have found a fix.

The Spinach Is Wilting

The space agency has a little-known agricultural arm that uses data from space to help solve problems on Earth. But they need to meet more farmers.

If You’re a Farmer, NASA Wants a Word

In making the case for a tree crop revolution, food writer Elspeth Hay also challenges readers to rethink humanity’s place in the cycles of nature.

Nuts to All That

A post-pandemic surge in federal support gave urban agriculture a moment in the sun. Under the revamped USDA, the outlook is clouded.


The Urban Farming Comedown

Climate change is devastating coffee production worldwide. Can it take root in Florida? 

Florida Beans

Conservation is in the eye of the beholder.

The Land Is Dead, Long Live the Land (Part 2)

As the sport of gravel cycling explodes across rural America, some communities are experiencing growing pains. 

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