Math helps to protect crops from invasive disease
Math saves crops! Discover how algorithms and probability protect harvests from disease and secure our food supply.
agriculture
Climate change may lead to changes in your coffee
That cup of coffee you may drink in the morning may change over the next few decades. Moderation is key to effective coffee use.
New greenhouse will help bring veggies to schools
How does food get to your school cafeterias? Is it grown locally or does the school just buy it in a grocery store like everyone else?
IL among areas where bee decline hurts crops
Honeybees are important pollinators for crops. If the bees decline, as they are in many important regions of the US, crops suffer.
Based on acidity, where is the soil most fertile?
A research team in Calif. has produced a global map of soil pH, linking the fertility of the soil to wet and dry climates, as well as to human need for crops.
Farming can, and must, adapt to climate change
Climate is warmer, so some farming practices have changed, noticed in one study in Western Africa, but it could move closer to home.
Honey bees, eusocial by their genes, still perish
More bee colonies died last summer, compared to the winter, new research shows. That's never happened before. Scientists wonder why.