Agriculture

"For 100 years, Mexico City has flushed its wastewater north to irrigate the farmland of Hidalgo State. This foul cascade, which the farmers call 'the black waters,' flows through a latticework of canals and then trickles over the fields. So when word got out that the government was finally going to build a giant wastewater treatment plant, one might have expected the farmers around here to be excited. Instead, they were suspicious."

After years of heavy application of glyphosate (Roundup) herbicide, farmers are struggling with superweeds that have developed resistance.

"The alcohol in silage can drive significant ozone formation, exceeding the contribution from tailpipe emissions."

"Urban farming is a growth industry in New York city's concrete jungle, and with little open land free agriculturalists and beekeepers have taken to the rooftops to pursue their passion."

"The U.S. Supreme Court is considering genetically engineered crops for the first time, in a case that has divided conventional and organic farmers."

"A tiny Asian fly that is new to North America is threatening much of the West Coast fruit industry and has been detected in Florida too, warn state and federal agricultural experts."

"Nutrients in manure and synthetic fertilizers deplete oxygen in streams while fecal bacteria are posing health risks."