Climate change is silently sapping the nutrients from our food. A pioneering study finds that rising CO2 and higher temperatures are not only reshaping how crops grow but are also degrading their ...

Artificial intelligence is quietly reshaping how crops are bred, and the biggest gains may come not in corn or wheat but in ...

Cary Fowler was enjoying a comfortable retirement at his country home in New York. The food activist, who's in his 70s, already has shelves full of prestigious awards honoring his efforts to preserve ...

What we throw away as food waste may hold the key to healthier crops, stronger ecosystems, and new medical compounds.

Scientists have identified several forgotten food crops in sub-Saharan Africa that can be incorporated into the cropping system to support climate resilience and nutrition in the region. The study has ...

Agriculture is at a crossroads. All over the world, weather patterns are affecting yields of key crops, pushing up prices and impacting food security. We are, in other words, in the middle of a ...

Climate change has made paramount the need to identify food crops that can grow in desert, with little water. Though some types of cactuses, like the prickly pear, have been consumed in Central ...

Mongabay has begun publishing a new edition of the book, “A Perfect Storm in the Amazon,” in short installments and in three languages: Spanish, English and Portuguese. Author Timothy J. Killeen is an ...

NASA plant physiologist Ray Wheeler, Ph.D., and fictional astronaut Mark Watney from the movie “The Martian” have something in common they are both botanists. But that’s where the similarities end.

With global population growth and climate change posing escalating threats to crop production, the current food system is ...