CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — For the first time, scientists have grown plants in soil from the moon collected by NASA’s Apollo astronauts. Researchers had no idea if anything would sprout in the harsh moon dirt and wanted to see if it could be used to grow food by the next generation of lunar explorers. […]

WALPOLE, N.H. — Each year the Cheshire County Conservation District honors an individual, business or organization with the “Cooperator of the Year” award. This is done to celebrate the efforts the recipient has undertaken to steward the natural resources on their land in cooperation with the Conservation District and the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service […]

WALPOLE, N.H. — The Monadnock Farm and Community Coalition (MFCC), Food Connects, and the Monadnock Food Coop have joined forces to develop a “Local Food STAR Restaurant” campaign in our region. The goal of the marketing campaign is to connect the public with the finest farm to table dining experience in our region, as well as infuse much-needed income into […]

TOKYO — Japan’s government and its space agency will join hands with food and tech companies to launch research on developing a sustainable food source on the Moon, in an attempt to encourage the private sector to enter the space business, sources with direct knowledge of the plan said. The public-private joint study could start […]

BLACKSBURG, Va. — Jaclyn Fiola reached down to a cluster of seedlings growing in black pots and checked the chlorophyl levels of the recently sprouted radishes in one of Virginia Tech’s greenhouses. The meter showed that all was normal. That usually isn’t significant — but these are no normal plants. Video here.  The School of Plant and […]