In the world’s biggest concrete jungle, over a thousand small farms continue to grow crops protected by a powerful ally: the city itself.

By collecting the seeds that grow best in their own plots, a movement of gardeners is boosting biodiversity in a way that more closely mimics nature.

Vertical forests of shellfish are returning biodiversity to a damaged coast — and producing sustainable seafood in the process.

Targeted support for local products — no matter how strange — can drive down poverty rates.

Encouraging their suppliers to practice more sustainable farming is increasingly seen by major food brands as a way to fulfill their climate promises.

A Chicago nonprofit is reinventing the food bank with better-than-store-bought produce, friendly delivery and an emphasis on client satisfaction.

An Indigenous-run business is using regenerative ocean farming to clean up a New York bay and create local jobs.

In St. Louis, a pay-what-you-can grocery store stays in business thanks to some customers voluntarily paying more than the price on the sticker.

An array of options exist, and a landfill doesn’t need to be its final resting place.

It could have been a food-waste debacle. Instead, a nimble network turned it into a bounty for all — and inadvertently reinvented a food system.

In Germany, a new model of low-cost, very small-scale farming is luring young people who value flextime and vacations.

A handful of companies own the patents on virtually every seed planted in the US. Now, a new crop of unowned seeds is bringing biodiversity back to farming.

“We’re trying to give people a chance to stop thinking about limitations and start looking at what they really can do.”

As the country that wastes the most food in Europe, Denmark is turning to apps that help shoppers grab groceries just before they end up in the trash.

Criss-crossing the globe, one man has secured pledges from 74 countries to preserve their soil through more sustainable farming.

Once ubiquitous, farmers markets nearly vanished in the mid 20th century — until an array of forces converged to bring about their modern-day renaissance.

Even as farms decline across the US, a longer growing season is bringing food security to a state that has long relied on sustenance from afar.

Energy-hungry societies are confronting a dilemma: use precious land to harvest crops or green energy? A new kind of farm says you can do both.

Land-based aquaculture startups are producing healthier fish without polluting the sea.

As California begins statewide composting, the place that pioneered it in the ’90s shows how dramatically it can benefit a city.

On Dutch ‘care farms’ aging folks tend to livestock, harvest vegetables and make their own decisions.

A Berlin catering and food truck company is turning invasive species into haute cuisine. Will “invasivorism” be the next step in the sustainable food movement?

A partnership between America’s largest supermarket chain and a reusable packaging company is the latest sign that no-waste shopping is catching on.

Environmentally destructive palm oil is in countless products. Sustainable yeast oil offers a tantalizing alternative.

The once common practice is making a comeback — and saving forests from destruction.

The city’s groundbreaking “zero waste” strategy aims to leave no meal behind.

Researchers are teaching cows to pee in designated places where the urine can be collected and neutralized, sharply reducing methane emissions.