Agriculture

These artists are prototyping alternative culinary futures to inspire food production that is more just, biodiverse, and beautiful.

The race is on to bioengineer carbon-neutral, recyclable, biodegradable, and affordable materials.

Big indoor farms are attracting big investments. But transforming agriculture might depend on putting nanofarms everywhere — maybe even in your home. by Corby Kummer

Manufactured meat may be safer and better — but first, producers need to get rid of the icky ingredients.

What if your steak came from the greenhouse instead of the slaughterhouse?

Can sequencing a vineyard’s microbiome make it possible to reverse engineer a fine wine?

Four big ideas about where food is heading.

Gene editing will make plants hardier and healthier. Hopefully people won’t freak out.

A new book argues that technology and environmentalism clash. But that’s not a useful way to think about the future.

Teleported molecules, custom genomes, and other innovations that will deliver on the technology’s biggest promises.