The intensification of global agriculture results in significant disposal challenges, with 14 billion tons of crop straw and ...

Cucumbers contaminated with Salmonella Typhimurium caused a multi-state outbreak of foodborne illness in the U.S. in 2024. Source ...

If you’ve ever dug your hands into fresh earth and felt its cool, crumbly texture, you might have noticed the subtle, earthy ...

Nearly 80 farmers, community members and agricultural industry professionals gathered this year on Feb. 3 for the Peninsula ...

This week on the Local Food Report, a Korean Natural Farming teacher on the relationships that create healthy soil.

Scientists have discovered a new phylum of microbes in the Earth's Critical Zone, an area of deep soil that restores water quality. Ground water, which becomes drinking water, passes through where ...

Bacteria play key roles in degrading organic matter, both in the soil and in aquatic ecosystems. While most bacteria digest large molecules externally, allowing other community members to share and ...

An unknown group of microbes is thriving in Earth's deep soil and they’re quietly helping to clean the water that becomes our ...

Deep soils vital for life host an active new microbial phylum, CSP1-3. These microbes may be key to innovative water ...

This exponential population growth is accompanied by climate change, bringing challenges such as floods, droughts, pests, changes in growing seasons, reduced yields, and loss of biodiversity. These ...