US officials spark controversy after linking rising beef prices to drought, wildfires, and political decisions while dismissing climate change, fueling debate over food inflation causes.

Plant-based meat alternatives have grown in popularity as they’re seen as healthier and more environmentally friendly than traditional meat. As this new market expands, it also threatens more than one ...

Erin McGuire spent years cultivating fruits and vegetables like onions, peppers and tomatoes as a scientist and later director of a lab at the University of California-Davis. She collaborated with ...

Illinois is a top agricultural state, generating billions of dollars annually, but even where stalks of corn and acres of soybean vastly outnumber its 400,000 head of cattle, cows raised for beef and ...

The effects of climate change can have extensive impacts on agriculture and farmers. Growing seasons have been getting longer with more extreme temperatures. Precipitation patterns have been changing, ...

Climate change-fuelled erratic weather extremes are already piling pressure on farmers, leaving them with little buffer ahead ...

Shoppers have long sought ways to make more sustainable choices at the supermarket — and for good reason: Our food system is responsible for a third of global greenhouse gas emissions. The vast ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dianne Plummer is an Energy Consultant and Certified Energy Manager. Forests are the lungs of our planet, absorbing carbon dioxide ...

A cow grazes in pastureland not far from the Buckeye Wind Energy farm near Hays, Kansas, in September 2024. (Charlie Riedel/AP) I’m a little late to the New Year’s resolutions rush for 2025. But in ...