Food & Agriculture

Collaborative processes involve countless meetings and technical reports and lobbying and conflict. But they can result in trusted systems that underpin structural change. Read More

Vertical farms and controlled-climate greenhouse operations were able to prove their worth to grocery stores during supply chain shortages of the 2020 pandemic. In 2021, these companies are planning to ride that momentum as far as they can. Read More

In 2020, alternative protein went from niche to mainstream. In 2021 it might become dominate. Read More

The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed massive shortcomings in the nation’s labor and disaster aid systems, which have for decades failed to protect workers who come to the U.S. every year for seasonal work. Read More

Will regenerative agriculture alone save us from climate apocalypse? No. But thanks to its much-hyped carbon sequestration potential, unprecedented funding is pouring into efforts to convert America’s chemical-laden industrial agriculture system into something better. And that just might save us yet. Read More

These trends and developments should be generating more attention than they do. Read More

The company is sowing the seeds for a global refresh of its mission — including electrified farm machinery, autonomous field robots that swarm through fields, and smart tractor retrofits that provide farmers with insights into metrics such as the organic matter in their soil. Read More

Native people all over the U.S. are working diligently to reclaim Indigenous varieties of corn, beans, squash, sunflowers and other crops. Read More

The giant food company will pay a premium to farmers and suppliers that adopt healthier soil, biodiversity and cultivation practices. Read More

Black soldier flies are one new approach vying to solve aquaculture’s feed problem. Companies are also growing fishmeal from algae and using microbes to convert carbon dioxide into protein. Read More