Agribusiness

While a legalized marijuana crop wouldn’t solve all of California’s agricultural woes, it might still keep the state in the green.

• By Sam Kornell

Exceptionally cold temperatures and a vicious bacterium are giving the Sunshine State's citrus trees a battle, but science in on the oranges' side.

• By Bruce Dorminey

Producing 'natural' cotton clothing is a huge and filthy global business that, Chinese-commissioned research shows, will be extremely difficult to clean up.

• By Chris Wood

Farm biodiversity is disappearing. If we would just eat endangered crops and livestock now, restoring their role in the food supply, we could save them from extinction.

• By Emily Badger

Venture capitalist Woody Tasch has a down-to-earth approach — literally — for fixing what's eating the economy.

• By Arnie Cooper

An angry Mother Nature and increasing urbanization have led Columbia's Dickson Despommier to urge agriculturalists to consider tilling vertical farms in high-rises. A Miller-McCune.com interview.

• By Arnie Cooper

Two guys in a pickup truck brewing fuel from farmed trees and grasses aim to show Americans that switching to alternative fuels is a viable option right now.

• By Susan Kuchinskas

Scientists are working to put economic value on the natural world, hoping to create ecosystem-services markets that protect the environment. But are they really just putting out a contract on Mother Nature?

• By Matt Jenkins

A discussion with ecologist Alan Townsend on mankind's love-hate relationship with nitrogen, and how this marriage can be saved.

• By Michael Todd