the ecological and social price have been steep: erosion, depleted and contaminated soil and water resources, loss of biodiversity, deforestation, labor abuses, and the decline of the family farm.

has submerged nearly 94,000 acres of farmland in California’s San Joaquin Valley. This event has raised important questions about water management, ecological restoration, and agricultural ...

Cooper Fields LLC is an agroecological farm located a half mile outside of Centerville, Iowa on Cooper Creek.

Ecological succession is the process by which natural communities replace (or “succeed”) one another over time. For example, when an old farm field in the midwestern U.S. is abandoned and left alone ...

When acknowledging ecological agriculture as an empowering adaptation strategy for smallholders, the evident sustainability of this approach is also apparent alongside key structural dynamics limiting ...

The Ecological Footprint adds up all the ecological services people demand that compete for space. It includes the biologically productive area (or biocapacity) needed for crops, grazing land, ...

disturbances can alter or destroy natural habitat (like clearing land for agriculture) and/or ecological functions (like damming rivers for flood control). Humans can also change natural ...

China has firmly secured its red line of 1.8 billion mu (120 million hectares) of arable land, ensuring stable grain harvests ...