Australian scientists have demonstrated a new way to restore insulin production in pancreatic cells, using a drug that's already approved for use in humans. The study could mark a major breakthrough towards new treatments for diabetes. Blood glucose levels are managed by the hormone insulin, which is produced in beta cells in the pancreas.

The American spirit lives on at a 300-year-old, cream-line dairy farm, where a farmer is working around the clock to bottle his own milk after his processor told him to dump it. Locals are lining up to support him. When Ben Brown's dairy processor told him they could no longer buy his milk, he got [...]

Rosemary Gibson talks about the risks of the U.S. depending on China to supply the essential ingredients for many of our most widely used medicines.

Less than two years after its launch, the indoor agriculture startup Bowery has raised $90 million in funding led by GV (formerly Google Ventures). The New Jersey-based company will use the funding to open multiple vertical farms in new cities by the end of 2019.

In the kale-filled facility at vertical farm startup Bowery Farming, it's a piece of proprietary software that makes most of the critical decisions -- like when to harvest and how much to water each plant. But it still takes humans to carry out many tasks around the farm.

It's difficult to buy local greens, year round, as very few local farms have that ability. Altius Farms provides a dependable, year round, supply that offers culinary, health, environmental and economic benefits. CROPS