County Fairs Another COVID-19 Casualty? Not in Northern Vermont!
It's a foul year for fairs: Around the United States, states and counties have canceled these unique expressions of American culture, due to concern about COVID...
Innovations: Agricultural Technology
Modern Technology is a Sustainability Tool for Every Farmer
Where's my jet pack?
This rhetorical question is an old joke, usually uttered to express satiric dissatisfaction with how we're not living in the future we onc...
Using Data in Nigeria to Reduce Violence and Build Food Security
Farming should be safe, but in Nigeria it can be deadly.
It's so dangerous, in fact, that a report released on June 15 by an all-party parliamentary group i...
Technology Access is Key to Sustainable Agriculture, Regardless of Where you Farm
A stone bridge spans the river that divides the Turkish city of Adana.
Taskopru is a symbol of Adana the way the Golden Gate Bridge is a symbol of San Franc...
Sensible Fertilizer Regulation is Important to Kenyas Farmers and our Environment
It is common knowledge among Kenyan farmers that without fertilizer, crops wont grow.
Just as children need healthy diets to flourish, plants need special n...
Philippines approves Golden Rice
After a biosafety assessment, Golden Rice 'has been found to be as safe as conventional rice' by the Philippine Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Plant Indust...
Nigerian Farmers Excited to Join the Gene Revolution in Africa
I haven't wanted to plant cowpea here in Nigeria because the plant suffers from one of the worst enemies imaginable: the nasty maruca worm.
But now farmers lik...
Giving Thanks is Good for Us
This was a tough year on the farm. A wet spring delayed our planting. A wet fall suspended our harvest. We didn't finish bringing in our crops until last week, ...
The Drone Farming Revolution Is Coming to China
In this video, reposted from Fortune.com, hear Justin Gong, co-founder of XAG, a drone company that works with small-scale farmers, discuss how their drones hel...