UC Santa Cruz chemists have discovered a new way to produce biodiesel from waste oil that both simplifies the process and ...

"Healthy food can be grown much more closely to consumers in places where this is impossible otherwise." Scientists make ...

A recent independent opinion poll organised as part of the Soil Association’s Stop Killing Our Rivers campaign found just 15% ...

The field of food science and sustainability is increasingly focused on addressing the challenges posed by the growing global ...

Organic banana production is significantly more conducive to microbial decomposition than its chemical-intensive counterparts ...

One of these innovations is direct sowing which allows farmers to sow rice seeds directly into the field thus eliminating the ...

Dr. Mike Apley, of Kansas State University, discussed the pros and cons of pharmaceuticals on livestock, Madelyn Murphy ...

Switching pig and chicken production from extensive to intensive production systems ... impacts while simultaneously improving food security.

Proper refrigeration must be observed from production to storage, as breaks in the cold chain can encourage the growth of C ...

For most of human history, the world’s oceans have been largely free of intensive farming ... harmful when animals are selectively bred or otherwise altered for desired production traits—for instance, ...

Over the past ten years, capital-intensive sub-sectors such as electronics, chemicals and machinery within India’s ...

Construction has been a major sector for large-scale job creation in India, accounting for13 per cent of total employment. During the previous construction cycle over 2004-2008,40 per cent of ...