Society needs to transition to more sustainable, resilient and agroecological food systems in the coming decades, so that we ...

and examples of existing group certificates in the United States. Opportunities and challenges associated with increasing the use of group certification are also discussed.

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 ...

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 ...

Wetlands, now valued by Minnesotans -- but hardly preserved -- were once considered a scourge, here and elsewhere in the eastern United States. In part this was because wetlands impeded settlement.

In an open letter to the World Trade Organization's (WTO) Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property (TRIPs), the Rural Advancement Fund International (RAFI) charges it has documented ...

Have you eaten today? Fed dinner to the family, grabbed a snack onthe run? Then you've felt the impact of the U.S. farm bill. And so have people who struggle to have enough to eat--both in the United ...

In 1997, after British Petroleum publicly acknowledged the harmful effects of global warming, it quickly became known as the oil company with environmental virtue. While other oil corporations argued ...

WASHINGTON - The World Bank believes a controversial hydroelectric dam project in Uganda is economically viable and it supports that government's efforts to protect the environment, the bank said in a ...

A North Dakota State University researcher says the multibillion-dollar farm bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives is better for northern producers than the current policy. The bill would ...

The Big Cypress National Preserve in Florida is crisscrossed with so many illegal swamp-buggy ruts - more than 23,000 miles of them - that park officials in August began limiting off-road vehicles to ...

HOUSTON - Bankrupt energy trading firm Enron Corp. said this week it agreed to sell its wind turbines business to General Electric Co. . Financial terms were not disclosed, but a source close to the ...