The government’s plan to introduce a basic income program for rural communities is drawing controversy, as critics question ...

The solutions to feeding the world are certainly multi-faceted, requiring knowledge from a diversity of fields and practices to successfully raise food production and maintain ecosystem security. Thus ...

It is hard not to be impressed by the almost frenetic activity of the Noda government during the past several weeks as has begun to address Japan’s many pressing political and economic issues. Also by ...

The farming of corn and other basic commodity crops remains an important part of the region’s economy, indicates a recently released tally of federal farm subsidy payments to U.S. farmers. Farmers in ...

CLIMAX -- If there's an upside to the downturning economy, it may be found on local farms as people who once dined in restaurants are now clamoring for fruits, vegetables, meat and milk."We've seen a ...

Two related items about agriculture—one unsettling, the other hopeful—made news recently. In the frightening-and-depressing category, The New York Times carried an article about the Arctic seed vault, ...