Better productivity has come at expense of ecosystems but new and old practices show their vibrancy can be restored ...

(Beyond Pesticides, August 5, 2025) A biomonitoring study in Environmental Geochemistry and Health, focused on small-scale farms in Pahang, Malaysia, analyzes levels of essential and toxic elements in ...

Industrialized farming is often thought to reduce the risk of zoonotic diseases because of better control, biosecurity and separation of livestock. A new study examines the effect of social and ...

This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Marginal improvements to agricultural soils around the world would store enough ...

Intensive animal farming may increase the risk of future pandemics, a new study has found. The findings go against the conventional wisdom that industrialized farming reduces the risk of disease ...

The global agricultural system is not only obsolete and failing to feed the world’s population, but centuries of intensive farming have caused extensive damage to fragile ecosystems. Regenerative ...

John Holler checks the fences at his Bee Creek Farm in Crossville. (Photo: Anne Braly) Agriculture, long a dominant industry in Tennessee, remains one in the 21st century, contributing about $89 ...