Food Systems information can be accessed directly. The Purdue Food Systems program uses an interdisciplinary approach to ...

As the global population surges toward 10 billion by mid-century, humanity faces a critical question: How do we ...

For the last several decades, the default path for American farmers and ranchers has been increasing specialization of the agricultural activities on their operations. In 1949, American farmers ...

Joe Maxwell doesn’t pull punches — especially on the topic of the future of American agriculture. “The system is failing us,” says Maxwell, co-founder of Farm Action, during a recent episode of ...

U.S. Rep. Eric Sorensen has criticized the current farm bill, saying it has turned into "crumbs" and urging lawmakers to put ...

As a new generation steps forward, regenerative organic agriculture offers a blueprint for a more resilient, hopeful food ...

Purdue Diversified Food and Farming Systems is an Extension program made up of an interdisciplinary group of faculty, staff, extension educators, students, practitioners and partners. The Diversified ...

I sat down to write this piece after a five-inch April snowstorm gave our newly planted wheat fields their first drink of the season. Wheat is one of five crops we raise on our farm just outside ...

What if the future of farming didn’t involve sprawling fields or endless rows of crops under the open sky? What if the solution to feeding a growing global population lay not in expanding farmland but ...

U.S. farmers are under pressure to satisfy multiple demands, such as to produce more crops, pollute less, fulfill consumer preferences, pay fair wages, and make a living—all with increasingly scarce ...