Commercially farmed tomatoes taste sweeter when food and garden waste compost is added to their soil, a University of ...

Soil is the foundation of our food supply. It stores water, carbon and nutrients and is home to a large share of the world's ...

How robotics, biosensors and a new holistic quality index are giving European growers, manufacturers and policy makers an evidence-based path to healthier soils ...

Soil is a ubiquitous trace evidence class that offers a wealth of information for linking suspects, victims and crime scenes. Forensic soil analysis encompasses both inorganic and organic techniques ...

A food safety activist’s warning that sewage-based compost given away by San Francisco contains toxic material received an indifferent response Tuesday from utilities officials, who plan to hold a ...

Agricultural soil testing is critical to determining soil’s nutrient concentration and variability across your fields. It is ideal to test your fields’ soil at least every two to three years to inform ...