Strange as it may seem, something of the sort may already be happening. According to a recent report in the Globe and Mail newspaper, conventional agribusiness-style farmers in Quebec are having trouble finding women who want to share the farming life wit

DOOM-MONGERS have got it wrong - there is enough space in the world to produce the extra food needed to feed a growing population. And contrary to expectation, most of it can be grown in Africa, say two international reports published this week.

A multidisciplinary team studying weather patterns and records of emergency room visits found a rise in patients with asthma attacks in the days after a thunderstorm.

Scientists have solved a long-standing mystery behind the source of a faint electrical current in trees - and it wasn't as hard as they thought.

Statewide, officials estimate that Hurricane Gustav alone destroyed more than 14 percent of crops and forestry, wiping out almost $543 million in farm and forestry revenue, including more than half of the cotton and sweet potato crops.

In nearly every respect, it's an iconic hit to Cajun country. The Atchafalaya Basin, stretching from the rolling prairies of Concordia Parish all the way to the coast just west of the Terrebonne Basin, is the largest swamp in the U.S.

Wilton and Lambda One Autogas at Gateshead, have successfully adapted a Nissan Almera to run on hydrogen so that it only emits water from its exhaust.

Hurricane Ike started as a tropical disturbance off the coast of Africa, then tracked south and slowly developed. West of the Cape Verde islands it became tropical storm. Few days later, Ike was a category 4 hurricane.

1,500 people were housed in an abandoned Sam's Club warehouse that was not set up for habitation. Another problem were the arrests of evacuees after local officials on their own decided to run unauthorized background checks

In the absence of national leadership, states have been forging ahead with the solutions to global warming. Knowing that our western states could accomplish more together than separately, the Western Climate Initiative was launched in February 2007...