(Beyond Pesticides, December 9, 2025) In the Journal of Environmental Quality, researchers at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) report that a 4-year organically managed corn-soybean-oat system ...

(Beyond Pesticides, August 5, 2025) A biomonitoring study in Environmental Geochemistry and Health, focused on small-scale farms in Pahang, Malaysia, analyzes levels of essential and toxic elements in ...

Industrialized agriculture can be attributed to about 25-30% of total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions per year. As one of the largest sources of emissions, industrial agriculture is the focus of many ...

Soil health hinges more on how agricultural land is managed than whether the farming system is organic or conventional, according to a new study showing that farms with more intensive management have ...

Vertical farming and controlled growing methods offer new ways to produce food, especially in cities, using less water and ...

The practice of “double-farming” paddy has been draining the region’s water table. Many farmers, too, support the ban.

After Ireland joined the European Economic Community in 1973, the practice of intensive farming – using chemical fertilisers, machinery and large-scale production methods – began in earnest. This ...