The Eating the Earth column got its name because agriculture has devoured nearly two-fifths of our planet’s land. It also uses nearly three-fourths of our fresh water, generates one-fourth of our ...

The word farm was once equated with images of sun-kissed green fields in rural areas. That’s quickly changing. Not only are farms moving closer to urban areas, but they’re also getting creative in how ...

Steve Adubato and One-on-One Correspondent Mary Gamba talk with Brendan Somerville, Co-Founder & COO of Oishii, about his journey as an agriculture entrepreneur and his passion for vertical farming.

WASHINGTON — A fully automated production line at Greenswell Growers is allowing the Goochland County company to grow food year-round using 85% less water than traditional farming. During the day, ...

Production technician Amanda Martinez, plants basils as she works in vertical farm green house at Eden Green Technology, on Thursday, March 6, 2025, in Cleburne. Shafkat Anowar / Staff Photographer ...

Wander through the labyrinthine tunnels twenty feet beneath downtown Houston, and the past practically oozes from the walls. Office workers walk over pink-and-green speckled tiles. Steve Winwood’s ...

It’s peak strawberry season in Massachusetts. But after mid-July, you won’t be able to find any fresh, locally-grown ones in the Bay State. Unless you’re buying berries that were vertically farmed.

Some consider vertical farming to be the farming of the future. It’s exactly what it sounds like; instead of being grown in fields, plants are grown indoors in vertical stacks. If you’re the type of ...

Cas9 gene editing and artificial intelligence to create compact tomato plants optimized for vertical farming in response to the dual challenges of climate change and urbanization.