The City of San José, California adopted an ambitious Green Vision roadmap and won the 2011 Siemens Sustainable Community Award in the large community category

Commitment to developing green economy pays dividends for Raleigh, North Carolina by attracting substantial economic activity benefiting the entire community.

From many miles above, the seemingly neat and orderly seaweed "fields" resemble blocks of text from books.

The owners of Alabama's Humble Heart Farms are offering their dairy farm to whoever writes the best 200-word essay.

Researchers just released dozens of bats they successfully treated for white-nose syndrome, marking a milestone in the wildlife epidemic.

16-year-old entertainer says he's excited to return to his family's 88-acre farm and 'take in the open space and nature around my home.'

Whether you want them for eggs or see them as pets, chickens can be fun — if you do your homework.

A closer look at yellowing leaves on plants can help gardeners get to the root of the problem.

We owe the spiciness of mustard, horseradish and wasabi to an 'arms race' between plants and caterpillars that dates back to the dinosaurs.

When olive trees receive less water, their fruit produces oil with more phytoprostanes, and that's a good thing.

Cornfields without bats are infested by nearly 60 percent more moth larvae, researchers say.

'Food for Thought, Food for Life' addresses how we think about, produce and choose what we eat. The 22-minute film will be free to view starting October 24.

At Italy's Ferrari Vineyards, the honeybees keep the vineyards thriving and at least one bear's belly full.

At more than 2.5 million years old, the peaches predate the arrival of humans to the region.

Eating bioregionally is gaining in popularity. Here's what you need to know, including how it differs from the locavore moment.

Hornworm caterpillars also known as tomato horn worms can ruin tomato plants, but baby wasps may help you tackle the pests nature's way.

Two decades after approving imidacloprid, the EPA is re-examining how it and similar pesticides affect bees.

Farms that grow food in arid deserts, without groundwater or fossil fuels, could be the future of agriculture.

The retailer will give vertical farming a go at several locations.

Vandalism, theft and bee murder rock New Zealand's manuka honey industry.

Babydoll Southdown sheep are tiny — and chock full of personality.

Earthworms decontaminate water and create vineyard fertilizer at Fetzer Vineyards as part of regenerative sustainability program.

When thousands of Skittles are spilled onto a Wisconsin highway, a common practice of cattle farmers is revealed: Some farmers feed their cows candy.

Food can be grown under Martian conditions, making future Mars settlements even more feasible.

Spiders eat several hundred million tons of insects per year, a new study finds, a global feast rivaling the yearly meat intake of humans.

Coffee-growing regions are set to lose key pollinators like bees by midcentury due to climate change.

Flowers, bees, moths, slugs ... when the sun sets, there's work to be done.

The levels are reportedly safe for humans, but they're high enough to harm bees — and that's bad news for us, too.

These grand get-togethers take us back to America's farming roots. Demolition derbies, pig shows, rides and fried everything await.

Data from 76 published peer-reviewed studies offers compelling reasons to keep an open mind about GMOs.

Company continues seed giveaway despite pushback.

Our love of avocados and guacamole is leaving Chilean villagers without water.

The vanilla crop is getting hammered by low yields, climate change, speculation and theft.

U.S. water usage is at a 45-year low, according to a new government report. But is that low enough?

Traces of the weed killer glyphosate are increasingly being found in food, but the public is at a loss of how to process that information.

This is the downside of trendy foods.

Researchers have improved the process by which plants get rid of toxic compounds, and this improves their overall growth.

A new app called Tudder promises to help lonely cows find their perfect match, Tinder-style.

Beijing turns to Brazil to make up for its shortfall in U.S.-grown soya beans.

In some regions, as many as 80 percent of trees could be in danger from RAD or rapid apple decline.

Researchers are digging deeper into how tomato flavors have changed over time, and now they've found a specific gene that's missing in many modern varieties.

A megadrought, which can last more than three decades, is increasingly likely in the region due to climate change.

A Turkish farmer recruits local bears to test his sweet wares.

The environment in your neighborhood and surrounding community has a huge impact on your health and lifespan.

On March 8, International Women's Day, women around the U.S. plan to go on strike.

#ILookLikeASurgeon aims to inspire inclusion and diversity in the surgical field.

Clicktivism or slacktivism is using social media to support a cause. Critics say it's activism lite, but often people are moved to get more involved.

Some cities have lowere euthanasia rate for shelter animals by implementing innovative programs. Steal these ideas to make it happen where you live.

13-year-old Sarah Jones is helping the stray cats of her local Utah community by constructing shelters and getting them spayed or neutered.

Bella the pig lost his siblings and even a eye on a factory farm in Queensland, Australia, before he found a safe home.