Farming

A lot goes into taking your coffee beans from a distant farm to a Melbourne café. Knowing what’s real and what’s marketing can help you support everyone from farm to cup

Drawing on long-held knowledge, research is helping farmers better adapt to climate challenges like drought, weed pressure and declining soil health

As bushfires and floods devastate Australian agriculture, research into emergency livestock feed aims to help farmers build community reserves before disaster strikes

To stop deforestation for agricultural use, we need to transform the way we produce and consume food

The Native Harvest Kitchen cookbook demystifies native ingredients and helps you incorporate Indigenous food into everyday meals.

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

Fertilisers that increase nitrogen efficiency are being designed to boost crop productivity while reducing farming costs and environmental impact

Regenerative agriculture can translate environmental health into economic value and address climate change. But scaling up will require financial innovation

Global warming threatens both the yield and survival of crucial crops. By understanding how extreme heat impacts plant genetics, researchers aim to breed in more resilience.

Researchers are targeting essential microorganisms inside insect pests in an approach that could revolutionise agricultural pest management