‘Short corn’ could replace the towering cornfields steamrolled by a changing climate

WYOMING, Iowa — Taking a late-summer country drive in the Midwest means venturing into the corn…

Central Valley effort trains farmworkers to master technology replacing fieldwork

Angel Cortez was ready for a change. Cortez, 43, is a Mexican immigrant who has worked…

Refugees in New Hampshire turn to farming for an income and a taste of home

DUNBARTON, N.H. — It’s harvest time in central New Hampshire, and one farm there appears to…

Judge in Brazil orders slaughterhouses to pay for Amazon reforestation

BRASILIA, Brazil — A judge in the Brazilian state of Rondonia has found two beef slaughterhouses…

Farmers in Africa say their soil is dying and chemical fertilizers are in part to blame

NAIROBI, Kenya — When Benson Wanjala started farming in his western Kenya village two and a…