About six years ago, Roza Ferdowsmakan, an attorney from Arizona, started thinking about how she could make a meaningful difference in the farm-to-table movement. In the midst of a lengthy divorce, Ferdowsmakan says, she reflected on aspects of her life that she could use as inspiration in a new venture. She had a passion for […]

Coffee is one of the most brutal and difficult segments of agriculture. At this year’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, the country’s biggest gadget and tech showcase, IBM and an agricultural transparency company called Farmer Connect announced a new app called Thank My Farmer. It uses blockchain to trace coffee from bean to cup, […]

The Himalayas are becoming greener as glaciers continue to melt. The Asian mountain range, which is home to Mount Everest, has seen an increase in what’s called subnival vegetation—the shrubs and grass that live between the treeline and snowline, according to new research. Scientists at the University of Exeter in England used satellite data to […]