Even before there was a pandemic to worry about, the next generation of farmers and the next generation of consumers had similar concerns on their minds — ones about the future of our food systems

The sustainability conversation around agriculture, particularly animal agriculture, has become increasingly front of mind for a growing number of people

Urbanization is a tricky subject. It affects each state, region, county, and town differently, and there are certainly benefits to expanding our communities

Ten years ago, or even just five, it’s likely safe to guess that not many people thought about food on the cellular level. If they did, it was probably not about using cells to create entirely new...

If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck . . . It’s going to taste like a duck!

A sobering blow has been delivered to extreme claims about animal agriculture and the environment by the new Global Agricultural Productivity Report (GAP) presented at the World Food Prize this month

For some, the slightest mention of anything “sustainable” might ignite an indifferent facial expression. For others, they grab the word right out of the sky and embrace it

sat in rush hour traffic in Oregon’s biggest city, Portland, the other day. It’s something I avoid at all costs, but then again, I try to avoid driving to the big city for anything

Even though the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the European Chemicals Agency have declared that glyphosate

If the last couple of years have taught us anything, it's that we don't know anything

In the 1950s, the U.S. had 22 million dairy cows and the average milk production was 598 gallons per cow

Imagine being told you can’t sell your milk, you can’t market your cows, and the water on your land is contaminated with a slowly degrading man-made chemical

With each passing year, expectations continue to be placed on dairy producers across the country with a focal point being on-farm environmental practices

When people talk about sustainability, they often refer to the term “carbon footprint.” However, there is more to the sustainability story than greenhouse gases

It is no secret that the politics in California are a joke. For decades, California’s politics have haunted the agricultural community, but over the past few years we have been able to watch its...

With a growing world population, we hear time and again that we will have to feed more people with fewer farmers and less resources

The agriculture community in Tulare, Calif., has been working out lately and has developed a few muscles

Along with many other day-to-day responsibilities of running a dairy farm, managing odors and making efficient use of manure nutrients are becoming more important all the time

Nutrient application often ends up in the hot seat being blamed for impairing water quality

Late fall brings more comfortable conditions for both cows and people in Georgia