Agriculture

How to persuade your favorite meat eater to try a meatless Monday

If we want the people in our lives to put down their steak knives and seriously consider changing their diets, we need to change the conversations we’re having with them, says f...

Are you ready to eat meat that was grown in a lab, and not at a farm?

Cultured meat could be coming to our plates in the next few years. How is it made? And will it help, or hurt, the planet? Here’s what we know so far. One day — maybe not that lo...

The surprising plant-fungi relationship that could help feed us, even as the world heats up

How can you protect crops against global warming? One answer: find the secrets of plants that already thrive in the most punishing climates, says microbiologist Rusty Rodriguez....