Agriculture

Cutting Commute Times

Wild habitat close to farms can lure volunteer pollinators

Stung From Behind

Distracted by a mysterious rash of dying bees, researchers may be overlooking a more insidious pollinator crisis. It has little to do with bees and everything to do with booming markets for raspberries, pears, and chocolate.

Not so Sweet Deal

The boom and bust cycle of shade-grown tropical chocolate

Up on the Farm

Growing 11,000 heads of lettuce in a space the size of five parking spots