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How do you work to address climate change in your job? I feel my body’s stress response when I think about that question, and I…

By addressing the real-world challenges growers face, this LTARE site aims to provide growers with practical solutions to enhance orchard productivity and sustainability. In the…

The supply of information we have access to now is vast and growing—the result of which is an increasingly competitive market for our attention. It’s…

Energy flow drives everything in an ecosystem. As with nitrogen, following the energy through an ecosystem reveals to us how that ecosystem works. Here, I…

We recently released StockSmart, a free, online decision support tool that we developed in partnership with the University of Arizona and the US Forest Service…

Artificial intelligence (AI) is filtering your spam, gatekeeping your newsfeed, chatting with you online, and underpinning many of your regular activities. Many vaunt the potential…

Predicting climate impacts on water availability for agriculture and potential effects on salmon populations requires us to understand natural seasonal changes in streamflow patterns across…

There are many soil health benefits of applying high rates of organic amendments. For example, a recent meta-analysis found adding organic amendments increased soil organic…

Compost is used as a nutrient source as well as soil conditioner with a number of noted benefits in agricultural production systems. Compost application improves…

Waste is not glamorous. Just look at the moldy pumpkin leftovers from Halloween and Thanksgiving (yes, there are still quite a few around my neighborhood!)…