As the European Union (EU) looks for ways to cut its agricultural greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and manage its energy transition, biogas and with it biomethane has gained renewed traction.

A new donor-commissioned evaluation of the controversial Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) reveals serious shortcomings in the 15-year-old initiative’s efforts to “catalyze a farming ...

Later today, the White House nominee for Chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Brian Quintenz will appear before the Senate Agriculture Committee. Quintenz is a former CFTC ...

The Congressional staffer moved up in their chair and looked up from the notepad with a quizzical expression. These farmers were asking for more regulation of the meat industry? They didn’t like ...

A report examining the extensive habitat destruction occurring in the United States, and identifying the 21 most endangered ecosystems. Ecological importance, as well as political and economic ...

Plants that can offer cures for many serious diseases could be lost because of deforestation in Borneo, according to the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). Such plants could be used in the fight against ...

From the The News Tribune, by Marcelene Edwards Twenty-five years ago, the Weyerhaeuser Co. wanted to keep cutting trees on the flanks of rumbling, spitting Mount St. Helens. But to play it safe, the ...

Many chefs understand the benefits of buying directly from a local farmer. Local farmers are can provide a fresh tasting, high quality product with a longer shelf life. A chef that develops an ongoing ...

Direct discharges of pollutants into the ocean and coastal waters from sewage treatment plants, industrial facilities, ships, and the at-sea dumping of sewage sludge and other wastes have been greatly ...

Forestland ownership patterns can have a significant impact on the long-term continuance of large tracts of forestland as diverse natural forests. In recent years, there has been something of a ...

This conference issue paper introduces areas of political intervention in order to improve freshwater management. It focuses on key areas for action: how to improve water management and governance and ...