There are plenty of agriculture buzzwords floating around the news these days (Agroforestry! Vertical farming! Sustainable intensification!), and it can be challenging to keep all these different ...

Editor’s Note: Verena Seufert is a postdoctoral fellow at the Liu Institute for Global Issues, University of British Columbia. Navin Ramankutty is a professor at the University of British Columbia.

Organic farming refers to a method of agriculture that uses fertilizers made from animal and plant wastes and other biological materials. Recognizing the environmental harm of traditional farming, ...

For decades, the conventional wisdom surrounding organic farming has been that it produces crops that are healthier and better for the environment as a whole. But a new study out this week challenges ...

Media outlets are never short of stories on entrepreneurs in the corporate, digital economy. But once in a while, and especially in recent years, we have stumbled upon entrepreneurial stories of those ...

Champions of organic farming have long portrayed it as friendlier to humans and the earth. But a new study in a California county found a surprising effect as their acreage grew: Nearby conventional ...

As organic farming becomes less and less profitable, GMO based farming becomes a more common sight across the world. GMOs have some easy to see benefits, but the drawbacks are vague and concerning, ...

In recent years, organic farming has come to occupy a powerful moral position in public discourse. Farmers’ markets, government programmes and consumer movements increasingly portray organic ...