Scientists to Study N.Y. Organic Farmers
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Cornell researchers will watch five upstate New York dairy herds to learn about the problems and challenges of converting from conventional to organic farming.
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By [Frank Munger]  Because scientists are genetically manipulating plants at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, special controls are required to prevent their spread in the environment.
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Experts in a field can benefit from an outsiderâs perspective.
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Students and professors from different disciplines are collaborating in the study of the environmental ramifications of production and consumption.
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Former U.S. government officials,   environmentalists and industry leaders have launched a two-year   study into health and environmental impacts of large-scale   animal farms, a study group said on Tuesday.
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Plant scientists who work to protect Red River Valley sugar beet fields from weeds and disease have helped farmers enjoy record crops in the last two years.
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By Stephen Leahy /IFEJ*  BROOKLIN, Canada, Dec. 18, 2006 (IPS/GIN) -- Organic agriculture is a potent tool to not only reduce emissions of greenhouse gases, but also to alleviate poverty and improve food security in developing countries, many experts now believe.
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By Greeley Tribune, Colo.  Feb. 22--Speakers at the Colorado Agricultural Outlook Forum Wednesday in Denver offered varying ideas for farmers to make their operations more environmentally friendly.
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Science & environment: Environmental and social impact of producing the crops may be greater than originally thought
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By Frank Munger  Cause and effect.  A couple of years ago, Oak Ridge National Laboratory invested a few million dollars in computer-controlled greenhouses for the lab's environmental research division. Now it's paying off with expanded work in plant genetics.
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Geoengineering experts reveal plans to tackle global warming with fields of crops that reflect sun's heat
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UK scientists on Tuesday said they are  looking at new ways of using soybeans as the key weapon to  combat breast cancer.
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By Debbie Gebolys, The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio  Jun. 17--In the rolling landscape north of Scioto Downs, a colony of agricultural researchers and greenhouse entrepreneurs toils a short walk from their ecologically sensitive homes.
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TO appreciate the time and effort needed to grow vegetables organically, one needs to feel the soil and soak in the environment of the farm.  Farmer Lee, as he is often called, or Lee Ong Sing is an organic farmer in Cameron Highlands with an interesting story. In my books, he is a rebel.
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DWIGHT, Illinois  - Illinois farmer Rick Parker was busy spraying his crops with pesticide this week but weeds were not his biggest worry as he surveyed his fields.
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By Linda McKee  The organisers say organic farming has always tried to anticipate the challenges farmers are now facing, such as single farm payments, cross-compliance and now the nitrate and phosphate regulations.
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By Larry Rulison, Albany Times Union, N.Y.  May 31--NORTH GREENBUSH -- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is seeking to join its powerful new IBM Blue Gene supercomputer with one at Stony Brook University to do cutting-edge biotechnology research.