A trade group dismisses sustainable seafood; GM sugar beets will contain 5,000 percent more herbicides; and colony collapse disorder puts $9 billion at stake.

Farming high-value, naturally carnivorous aquatic species is a dicey financial proposition—more so if you try to do it sustainably.

Organic farming begins as a way of life, and it is not for the faint of heart.

A form of mad cow disease may have spread to the United States, a new weed survives repeated herbicide spraying, and more.

The USDA’s new Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food initiative is a nice symbol, but will it actually change anything?

At the opening ceremony of this international Slow Food conference, the crowd was dominated by small farmers and the under-30 set.

An impassioned email exchange among the Gourmet staff touches on everything from haunted corn mazes to food-justice and labor issues.

Don’t let the huge machinery fool you. Family farming is one of the last bastions of manual labor in America.

Washington has created a tangled web of subsidies that determines the way our food is grown. One South Dakota family demonstrates why you should care about the Farm Bill.

This year's major drought in the U.S. will change the way we eat for months—if not years—to come. Can this disaster teach us how to dine differently for good? Katherine Harmon reports...