Steve Bourne is the CEO and co-founder of Ripple Farms, a company seeking to reconnect urban populations with the food they eat.
Eating local is now easier and greener at Acadia University in Wolfville, Nova Scotia.
Meat shortages caused by African swine fever (ASF) sweeping through the Far East are encouraging a shift to poultry production in backyard farms, raising the spectre of a deadly avian influenza pandemic, scientists warn.
Scientists at the University of Surrey have developed a novel vaccine and complementary skin test to protect cattle against bovine tuberculosis (bovine TB).
Brittany Kirsch, agronomy and horticulture master’s student specializing in soil and water sciences, made it rain last summer.
Increased awareness of how human diets acerbate climate change – while failing to properly nourish more than 800 million people – makes a better understanding of food systems a global priority.
The replacement of fossil and nuclear energy sources for electricity production by renewables such as wind, sun, water and biomass is a cornerstone of Germany’s energy policy.
During pregnancy, the old adage about “eating for two” really isn’t great advice. This is true for humans, but it’s also true for livestock.
Multiple Earth Systems computer models assessed potential drought levels.
Insurance schemes with the potential to improve the resilience of global fisheries face a host of future challenges, researchers say.
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