WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – A spate of foodborne illnesses in leafy greens and other produce in recent years has sickened consumers and disrupted growers and supply chains. It’s been thought that ...

Last month, the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) met in Denver, Colorado to discuss what might be the most hotly-debated subject in all of eco-agriculture: What, exactly, does “organic” mean?

Jon Parr wants people to enjoy organic produce and fish, and he wants you to be able to harvest them at your home. Parr is the founder of FishNet Aquaponics, a new company that is about to launch ...

Figure 1: Schematic illustration of a hydroponic growing system that employs the nutrient film technique method. Credit: Technology Networks. In addition to the presence of fish stocks and microbial ...

Who didn't get a big kick out of The Associated Press story last week about Arctic Greens, the container hydroponics growing company now serving up the freshest vegetables the good people of Kotzebue ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Some believe that the future of food combines technology and transparency, so diners know where their food comes from, and that it shouldn't come from far away. A Portland hotel is ...

On the outskirts of Sydney, in a fast-growing suburb is a model of future farms, growing organic herbs and fish. Green Camel has taken a good idea — to recycle water from aquaculture to hydroponics — ...

Hydroponic cultivation — the growing of plants without soil — is a science as ancient as the fabled Hanging Gardens of Babylon and as modern as a future NASA mission to Mars. Over the centuries, the ...

Everything that we have ever eaten has probably, at some point, been in contact with some poop. Plants grow in soil that's mixed with horse poop, and at some point a careless burger joint employee has ...

AMMAN — The Representative of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) in Jordan Nabil Assaf, Agriculture Minister Khalid Hneifat, Water Minister Mohammad Al Najjar and ...