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Three’s a crowd: how farmers are cutting out the supermarkets

CrowdFarming network provides a one-stop shop to bring fresh produce to the customer’s door

Embrace what may be the most important green technology ever. It could save us all

Never mind the yuck factor: precision fermentation could produce new staple foods, and end our reliance on farming

The World’s Roots Are Getting Shallower

Roots filled soils are hot spots of nutrient cycling and carbon storage.

A deep dive into Zero Hunger: the seaweed revolution

Seaweed is extremely protein rich, low in fat, low in carbohydrates, and rich in vitamins, zinc and iron

Sustainable food cold chains reduce waste, fight climate change: UN report

Greater investment in sustainable food cold chains is needed to reduce hunger, provide livelihoods to communities, and adapt to climate change.

At least 6% of global fishing ‘probably illegal’ as ships turn off tracking devices

Up to 6% of global fishing activity is hidden because commercial vessels disable their tracking systems, a practice that can be used to hide illegal fishing.

Could the High Seas Be Closed to Fishing?

A spate of recent research supports banning commercial fishing in international waters to protect remote ecosystems.

Farming robot kills 200,000 weeds per hour with lasers

A person can weed about one acre of crops a day. This smart robot can weed two per hour.

740,000km of fishing line and 14 billion hooks: how much fishing gear is lost at sea each year

Two per cent of all fishing gear used worldwide ends up polluting the oceans, new research finds.

Alaska snow crab season cancelled as officials investigate disappearance of an estimated 1 billion crabs

An estimated one billion crabs have mysteriously disappeared in two years, state officials said. It marks a 90% drop in their population.

On New Zealand farm, scientists reduce cow burps to save the world

More than a dozen calves wait at a research farm in New Zealand to be fed Kowbucha, a punnily named probiotic that studies show reduces burps — or methane emissions.