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Scientists make game-changing discovery with centuries-old farming method — here's how it could transform food production

This centuries-old farming method could be the key to restoring soil, capturing carbon, and making food production more sustainable. A new study published in Ecological Processes reveals that ...
Mongabay

Photos: Ethiopian farmers blend tradition, innovation to sustain centuries-old agriculture

For more than 400 years, the people of the Konso highlands in Ethiopia have used terracing and traditional farming methods to adapting to their harsh environment, building a globally recognize ...
The Better India

How Nagaland’s 500-Year-Old Zabo Farming System Saves Water and Grows Food Sustainably

Zabo farming in Nagaland shows how communities harvest rainwater, prevent soil erosion, and grow crops sustainably using a ...
Sioux City Journal

A technological leap forward to old-time farming

Mechanized farming methods that roared in after World War II steered many animals into crowded feedlots, shifting them to a diet of industrial corn to grow them more quickly and cheaply. McDonald's ...