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Food and agriculture
Food and agriculture relates to the science of cultivating soil, growing crops, and/or raising livestock in preparation of plant/animal products for people to sell at markets and/or consume.
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SEP 11, 2025Technology
What steps can be taken to reduce food contamination and foodborne illnesses? This is what an upcoming study funded by t ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUL 17, 2025Plants & Animals
What steps can Georgia farmers take to combat the growing threat of wild pigs that continue to damage farmlands? This is ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUN 17, 2025Earth & The Environment
Scientists have discovered intact evidence of an ancient agricultural site in northern Michigan, and it is likely one of ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 22, 2025Technology
What new methods can be employed to enable scientists to better understand gully erosion and how it impacts soil loss? T ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAY 04, 2025Genetics & Genomics
Avian influenza has been rampaging in wild birds around the world since late 2021. It can be considered widespread in wi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 20, 2025Cannabis Sciences
Researchers found alarmingly high levels of Fusarium mycotoxins in illegal cannabis samples from Arizona and California.Written By: Annie LennonAUG 14, 2024Technology
Could food delivery robots with zero carbon emissions influence a customer's decision to buy food using them instead ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScAUG 04, 2024Microbiology
Zoonotic diseases jump species to infect humans, and scientists have been studying the links in this transmission netwro ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 28, 2024Microbiology
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is tracking H5N1, an avian influenza that has wreaked havoc on b ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 18, 2024Earth & The Environment
Pesticides are frequently used in agriculture, and the term can refer to herbicides, which target weeds; insecticides th ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 16, 2024Microbiology
Organic life on earth dies, and when that happens, it must decompose. Most decomposing organic material on Earth is dead ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 15, 2024Genetics & Genomics
New research has suggested that when the first farmers arrived in Scandinavia almost 6,000 years ago, the existing hunte ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 07, 2024Earth & The Environment
California's Central Valley is a vital agricultural region. The San Joaquin Valley sits in its souther portion, and ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 01, 2024Plants & Animals
Can microgreen be customized based on dietary and medical needs? This is what a recent study published in the Journal of ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJAN 29, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
Humans raise and slaughter vast numbers of animals for our food. All of that meat production has a high environmental co ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 16, 2024Earth & The Environment
How can the increased threat of drought and drier conditions from climate change impact groundwater (aquifer) usage, and ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScDEC 21, 2023Cancer
The Christmas season has again come upon us, and in less than a week, millions worldwide will celebrate the holiday.&nbs ...Written By: Katie KokolusNOV 19, 2023Earth & The Environment
Average temperatures are changing in many places, including the United States, and plants that were once icons of the So ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 25, 2023Genetics & Genomics
Diets that contain high levels of the nutrient selenium may help stave off myeloid leukemia, suggests new research publi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 11, 2023Earth & The Environment
Climate change is already impacting our world animals are on the move and are migrating to new places; spring is startin ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 04, 2023Cell & Molecular Biology
Tef (Eragrostis tef) is a grain that has long been grown in East Africa, and particularly in Ethiopia as an important cr ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 22, 2023Earth & The Environment
The world needs metals, especially as we transition to renewable forms of energy that require elements like lithium.Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 01, 2023Genetics & Genomics
In recent years, scientists have shown that parents can pass down more than just their DNA sequences to their offspring; ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 15, 2023Cannabis Sciences
Scientists from the USDA's Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and North Dakota State University (NDSU) investigated ...Written By: Kerry Charron
SEP 11, 2025
Technology
What steps can be taken to reduce food contamination and foodborne illnesses? This is what an upcoming study funded by t
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUL 17, 2025
Plants & Animals
What steps can Georgia farmers take to combat the growing threat of wild pigs that continue to damage farmlands? This is
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUN 17, 2025
Earth & The Environment
Scientists have discovered intact evidence of an ancient agricultural site in northern Michigan, and it is likely one of
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 22, 2025
Technology
What new methods can be employed to enable scientists to better understand gully erosion and how it impacts soil loss? T
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAY 04, 2025
Genetics & Genomics
Avian influenza has been rampaging in wild birds around the world since late 2021. It can be considered widespread in wi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 20, 2025
Cannabis Sciences
Researchers found alarmingly high levels of Fusarium mycotoxins in illegal cannabis samples from Arizona and California.
Written By:
Annie Lennon
AUG 14, 2024
Technology
Could food delivery robots with zero carbon emissions influence a customer's decision to buy food using them instead
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
AUG 04, 2024
Microbiology
Zoonotic diseases jump species to infect humans, and scientists have been studying the links in this transmission netwro
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 28, 2024
Microbiology
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is tracking H5N1, an avian influenza that has wreaked havoc on b
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 18, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Pesticides are frequently used in agriculture, and the term can refer to herbicides, which target weeds; insecticides th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 16, 2024
Microbiology
Organic life on earth dies, and when that happens, it must decompose. Most decomposing organic material on Earth is dead
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 15, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
New research has suggested that when the first farmers arrived in Scandinavia almost 6,000 years ago, the existing hunte
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 07, 2024
Earth & The Environment
California's Central Valley is a vital agricultural region. The San Joaquin Valley sits in its souther portion, and
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 01, 2024
Plants & Animals
Can microgreen be customized based on dietary and medical needs? This is what a recent study published in the Journal of
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JAN 29, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
Humans raise and slaughter vast numbers of animals for our food. All of that meat production has a high environmental co
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 16, 2024
Earth & The Environment
How can the increased threat of drought and drier conditions from climate change impact groundwater (aquifer) usage, and
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
DEC 21, 2023
Cancer
The Christmas season has again come upon us, and in less than a week, millions worldwide will celebrate the holiday.&nbs
...
Written By:
Katie Kokolus
NOV 19, 2023
Earth & The Environment
Average temperatures are changing in many places, including the United States, and plants that were once icons of the So
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 25, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
Diets that contain high levels of the nutrient selenium may help stave off myeloid leukemia, suggests new research publi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 11, 2023
Earth & The Environment
Climate change is already impacting our world animals are on the move and are migrating to new places; spring is startin
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 04, 2023
Cell & Molecular Biology
Tef (Eragrostis tef) is a grain that has long been grown in East Africa, and particularly in Ethiopia as an important cr
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 22, 2023
Earth & The Environment
The world needs metals, especially as we transition to renewable forms of energy that require elements like lithium.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 01, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
In recent years, scientists have shown that parents can pass down more than just their DNA sequences to their offspring;
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 15, 2023
Cannabis Sciences
Scientists from the USDA's Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and North Dakota State University (NDSU) investigated
...
Written By:
Kerry Charron