Agriculture

Using the powerful gene-editing tool CRISPR, researchers are altering crops and animals to add desirable traits and remove undesirable ones.

By installing a hydroponic farm inside a grocery store, an Egyptian company is combating climate change while delivering a fresher product.

Carbon Robotics’ LaserWeeder is a smart farming robot that identifies weeds and then kills them using high-power lasers.

In a small study, researchers have engineered soy plants to have higher yields thanks to improved photosynthesis.

The Agricultural Internet of Things involves technologies such as wireless underground communications and antennas in soil.

A Yale study focused on how photosynthesis works in the common weed purslane puts us closer to engineering crops resistant to climate change.

Through the largest analysis of commercial cannabis flower yet, Colorado researchers have found that the current labeling system falls short.

Alt-meat startup MyForest Food has opened a new vertical mushroom farm in New York.

Most U.S. adults aren’t ready to put insects on their plates but are much more willing to consume meat from livestock that are fed bugs.

Could autonomous tractors, drones, and seed-planters fill the growing labor shortage in the agricultural industry?