Food & Agriculture

Tule Technologies, Rubicon Water and other ag-tech companies as well as university and government researchers have devised tools to grow more food with less water. Read More

Companies such as Cadbury are employing remote sensing and more to calculate the environmental footprint of chocolate. Read More

Pets are people too, or at least that's how Americans feed them. And the excess meat and fish dogs and cats eat are a sustainability problem. Read More

With healthcare budgets squeezed around the world, public and private groups will need to work together to promote well-being for all ages. Read More

If you can't beat 'em, join 'em: Some big companies are opening trade secrets and processes to progress faster. Read More

The United Nations has 17 ambitious dreams. This second includes improving nutrition and promoting sustainable agriculture. Read More

Food producers and environmentalists hope the booming Latin American palm oil plantations will decide to save their lands from devastating deforestation. Read More

The FAA has approved more than 800 tests of unmanned aerial vehicles, dozens of them for potential precision agriculture. Read More

How a student in Zurich is repurposing the goriest of agriculture waste to forge a new class of "protein fibers." (Hint: it's not a task for the squeamish). Read More

Farming isn't easy. That's why our broken food system needs a central scientific approach to cope with growing global demand. Read More