(Natural News) It’s that time of year when mornings start becoming a little cooler, and the smell of cinnamon and pumpkin wafts through the air. It can only mean one thing: Fall is upon us – and for gardeners, another great time for planting. People will never run out of uses for garlic. It’s an essential ingredient in […]

(Natural News) It seems that anything is possible with modern technology – including ending the need for humans to toil in strawberry fields. Scientists in the U.K. are developing robots to replace human strawberry pickers at farms, a solution aimed at reducing food wasted due to a shortage of human workers. The impact of Brexit […]

(Natural News) The potato is an important food plant around the world, especially in Saudi Arabia. Given the limited amount of arable land, improving the yield of the food crop is important. Saudi researchers went through the effort of compiling a soil and water quality index (SWQI) that helps determine the best mix of soil […]

(Natural News) Have you been thinking about starting a family garden? New research has highlighted the benefits gardening can have for children of all ages. While it’s pretty well-known that gardening can be a source of great physical activity and pride for adults, it turns out that the benefits of gardening extend to children, too. […]

(Natural News) Nitrogen fertilizers are a double-edged sword for soybean farmers. While they’re vital for large crops, they’re also expensive and potential pollutants. Thankfully, Brazilian researchers found a different way to boost yields by increasing the number of nitrogen-fixing bacteria in the plant’s roots, according to a ScienceDaily report. Nitrogen is essential to the production of […]

(Natural News) Looking at the food that we have on the table during meal times says a lot about how we perceive nutrition. With one out of three people in the U.S. being obese – including 12.5 million children aged two to 19 years – having a nutritious diet is just a start of a lifetime […]

(Natural News) Neonicotinoid pesticides are destroying wildlife around the world, but proponents claim that they are useful for increasing agricultural production. Of course, losing the planet’s most important pollinators is going to have an even bigger effect on the food supply and human life in the long run, and now there’s another very convincing argument […]

(Natural News) Politicians and scientists are sometimes accused of trying to “play god,” but a far more nefarious force is quietly pulling the strings of life as we know it behind the scenes: The agricultural company Monsanto. They’ve earned a reputation as one of the world’s most hated companies, yet the truly distressing extent of […]

(Natural News) The Vigna genus has generously provided us with a number of nutritious and tasty legumes (including adzuki beans, cowpeas, and mung beans) that have become fairly important food crops in many parts of the world. Tanzanian researchers believe that the remaining non-domesticated members of the large family of legumes are potentially significant sources […]

(Natural News) The turkeys you raise on your farm or homestead are more than just future Thanksgiving dinners and healthy sandwich fillings. Their manure can serve as organic fertilizers that boost the health and yield of your soybean crop, a Brazilian study reported. Like any other large operation, raising turkeys produces large amounts of litter […]