Agriculture
Environment
Analysis
Directly or indirectly, we all depend on forests
To stop deforestation for agricultural use, we need to transform the way we produce and consume food
Sciences & Technology
Degradable bioplastics offer a smart solution to nitrogen pollution
Wrapping fertilisers in degradable plastics is showing promise for increasing food production while reducing pollution
Sciences & Technology
New genomic toolkit set to boost Australian crop industry
Scientists are in a battle to keep the world’s food supply dependable, and new research into crop genomes is helping to lead the way
Environment
Recipes bring Australia’s native harvest into the kitchen
The Native Harvest Kitchen cookbook demystifies native ingredients and helps you incorporate Indigenous food into everyday meals.
Arts & Culture
The archaeology of olive oil in the ancient world
Olive oil is liquid gold. It’s been precious to humans for almost eight thousand years – used in everything from birth to death
Sciences & Technology
Going back to the future for food crops
New sensing techniques can detect drought tolerance in ancient relatives of wheat and barley. Making it possible to use these traits to breed new food crops for a warmer world
Environment
“I’ll never forget the first iceberg we saw”
Animal scientist Dr Kristy DiGiacomo switched goats for penguins when she travelled to Antarctica as part of a global women in STEMM leadership program
Environment
Under the Microscope
From diet to climate, our fertility is at risk
A childhood fascination with the family dairy farm led Associate Professor Mark Green to a career in reproductive biology
Politics & Society
Bringing community together through urban farming
Rio de Janeiro is one of Latin America’s most unequal cities; a new project uses urban farming to improve conditions in one of Rio’s most disadvantaged zones
Environment
Wheat’s ancient roots of viral resistance
New research finds that the gene that protects wheat from Wheat Yellow Mosaic Virus originated in an ancient wild relative