A nature-friendly Norfolk farm is harnessing millions of tiny microbes to put life back into barren soils - and to feed crops without artificial chemicals. But while large grazing animals and ...
This ancient agricultural technique may increase yields of some plants on the Red Planet.
A new practical guide to assessing soil carbon should answer farmers’ key questions at a time when many are looking to understand soil health. Produced by Duchy College, Plymouth University, ...
Hydroponic gardening is a great way to grow food—without soil—in smaller spaces. Here's what you need to know. Whether you’re interested in growing a small food garden at home or looking at ...
Cary Fowler was enjoying a comfortable retirement at his country home in New York. The food activist, who's in his 70s, already has shelves full of prestigious awards honoring his efforts to ...
Sally Bernard's black and white cows wander over a field in Freetown, P.E.I., chewing on hay and basking in the warm April sunshine. These are beef cattle, but their main purpose isn't to make it ...
In the late 1990s, Jason Gathorne-Hardy was using a fishing net tied to a hazel branch to try to catch a dove stuck in a barn used to store sheep food. It struck him that there was no future in ...
This story appears in the March 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine. Tire tracks stretched across the flat lake bed to the horizon. We followed them in a Suzuki 4x4, looking for clues about ...
An expanding Norfolk farm shop is continuing its meteoric growth - while creating a hyper-local "farm to fork" food chain which fulfils a proud family livestock legacy. The award-winning Goat Shed ...