What comes out of the tail end of worms appears to be very good for crops. On small farms and in gardens around the world, a legless invertebrate has been quietly helping crops grow — simply by eating ...

Modern farming techniques have brought the world a wonderful bounty of agriculture, but they’ve also been terrible news for the Earth’s “digestive system,” the delicate 10 to 12 inches of topsoil ...

A reader wrote to me recently, inquiring about the cumulative costs of growing vegetables at home versus purchasing ready-to-eat from a grocer. I could relate to this excellent question, but it was ...