Why Future Farmlands Might Be Under the Sea

According to our most accurate measurements, about 40% of the earth’s landmass is devoted to agricultural activity. Much of the remaining territory isn’t suitable for farming and ranching. This is creating a challenge for agricultural productivity, which will need to...

How Is President Trump’s Ag Policy Doing?

Next year’s presidential election will be an important one for farmers. While the nomination process is still underway on the Democrats’ side, Republicans know who their candidate will be. Whether the incumbent President Trump can win re-election depends on whether he...

Engineering the Future with Drought-Tolerant Crops

The most significant constraint on agricultural production worldwide is the environment, accounting for roughly 70% of crop losses worldwide. By far the biggest environmental factor is water scarcity, which can represent a formidable challenge to farmers. Agriculture...

The Beautiful Truth About Ugly Food

About one third of all food produced worldwide is wasted. That’s a staggering amount. And it’s unacceptable if we hope to meet the goal of feeding a global population of ten billion by 2050. In the developing world, most food loss happens in transportation and...

Is Cannabis the Next Big Cash Crop?

Conversation about cannabis tends to focus on marijuana and the contested legality of this controlled substance. But cannabis is much more than its most notorious variety. In fact, it just might be the next big cash crop. And because it can be grown sustainably,...