Hugelkultur, or mound gardening, takes the lasagna gardening method one step further with a bottom layer of logs, branches and ...

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Amidst a crowd of attention-grabbing messages, how can the less popular but essential message of composting find an audience? Two climate-action advocates in Chennai have the answer ...

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In this issue of our environmental newsletter, we check out a new green burial option available in Canada, see where companies' climate targets are going and find out how well compostable dishes and ...

Artist Emily Mulvaney takes the term “body of work” literally in her exhibition focused on the preservation and degradation of specimens, offering perfect fodder for the Halloween season. Mulvaney was ...

From The Last of Us to The Thing, blockbuster movies and TV shows have been trying to warn the world not to dig into ancient ice, open the cursed Mummy’s tomb, or recreate dinosaurs, for decades. And ...

When we talk about microbiota, we usually think of the one inhabiting our gut. But there is another, less known and equally vital: the plant microbiota. In an article featured on the cover of Science, ...

Coffee grounds and banana peels on a table - iva/Shutterstock If you've ever looked up tips and tricks for growing beautiful roses, you've probably seen advice to use kitchen leftovers like coffee ...

BOONE — According to the Watauga Cooperative Extension, farmers and gardeners in the mountain region are challenged by the "old" soils: the many thousands of years since glaciers last crossed the ...

There have been ups and downs in 2025, but Will Swope has high hopes for his corn crop and was very pleased with the record-setting wheat crop he harvested on his family’s farm. (Provided ...