Our food production depends on a shrinking number of farmers. Who will succeed them?

442 million acres of American soil grew crops in 2002, the lowest amount of land in farming since World War II.

Concentrating agricultural production is becoming expensive and risky. We need a broader array of foods grown closer to home.

Federal agricultural programs are beginning to reward farmers for more than just yield, but there’s still more room to incentivize best practices.

We don’t just need to grow more food. We need to grow it better.

Safe food. Healthy food. Enough food. Can we secure the bounty we take for granted for future generations? A team of CALS experts say that we can meet the world’s food challenges––and here are their best ideas for how to do it.

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More than a decade ago, CALS plant breeders set out to build a better pickle. The result is sweet, crunchy––and the color of cantaloupe. Here’s why orange may be the shade of pickles to come.