Thanks to a complex international system of production, processing, shipping, and marketing, people today can eat a vast selection of out-of-season and out-of-region fruits and vegetables year round. In addition, modern farming practices have provided...

Because of concerns over pesticides and nitrates in ground-water, soil erosion, pesticide residues in food, pest resistance to pesticides, and the rising costs of purchased inputs needed for conventional agriculture, many farmers have begun to adopt...

Sustainable agriculture integrates three main goals: environmental stewardship, farm profitability, and prosperous farming communities. These goals have been defined by a variety of disciplines and may be looked at from the vantage point of the farmer...

Americans feel better about buying food produced in the United States than overseas and believe food grown locally is healthier than food shipped from across the country, a new survey shows.The poll released last week by the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture at Iowa State...

Zimbabwe is likely to win approval to head a key U.N. body charged with promoting economic progress and environmental protection despite protests from some Western countries and human rights organizations.The 53-member Commission on Sustainable Development is scheduled to vote Friday on its new chair, U.N....

Desertification represents one of the "greatest environmental challenge of our times" and could set off mass migrations of people fleeing degraded homelands, a United Nations report warned Thursday.The report called on governments in arid regions to revise rules on land use to halt overgrazing and...

Cow manure and fish guts and maggots. It could all soon be dinner _ if you're an Idaho rainbow trout.University of Idaho and Idaho State University scientists are working on a new maggot-based feed capable of fattening rainbows for the dinner table, while simultaneously helping...

Sustainable agriculture can only be attained through efficient land use, increased productivity and yield, research and planning.