The future of sustained space habitation depends on our ability to grow fresh food away from Earth. The revolutionary new ...

Microgreens are similar to sprouts, but they are harvested a bit later, when they are 3 or 4 inches tall. Varieties include ...

Silver Stream Farm sits on a windy rim at nearly 8,000 feet. By tapping into advanced indoor technology, it grows climate-controlled crops of berries, tomatoes and vegetables.

Researchers have developed a new formula to allow urban farmers to design their own "light recipe"—a combination of different colors of lighting that could help increase crop yields in vertical farms.

Gardeners have had a broad range of experiences with their vegetable gardens this season. Some planted early in May with the ...

Moon-Rice project develops super-dwarf, protein-rich rice varieties for space missions and extreme Earth environments.

(Web Desk) - Growing fresh food hundreds of thousands of kilometres from Earth is one of the greatest challenges facing permanent human bases on the Moon and Mars. But the seeds of a rice ideal for ...

In a bold step toward sustainable space travel, scientists are engineering a radically small, protein-rich rice that can grow in space. The Moon-Rice project, led by the Italian Space Agency in ...

Sowing Brussels sprouts seeds too late in the season causes growing buds to be more vulnerable to heat stress, leaving you ...

It's the final week of Grow Along Live! Mark, Gethin and Helen look back on 10 weeks of planting, growing and harvesting on ...

Modern space exploration relies heavily on resupplies of food from Earth, but this tends to be largely pre-prepared meals that rarely contain fresh ingredients.