We promote a down-to-earth campus spirit for research and education ... We hope that our technology will help enable the provision of sufficient nutrients, make food safer, and meet the varied ...

If you have ever stared at a moldy piece of bread and a fuzziness is viewed you are looking at colonies of spores. Spores ...

Cleaning up in fall, I faced down a ton of seed ... with compost and organic fertilizers, it can dramatically improve plant growth while helping retain nutrients in the soil.

As Europe's top consumer, France is now growing its own, a surprising move given that avocados are a subtropical fruit. The Down to Earth team reports.

Soil, dirt, earth—whatever you want to call it ... below the surface its roots simultaneously merge with and break down organic matter as they extend deep in glittering skeins.

Mold, a fungus, thrives in moist, warm environments and breaks down organic matter for nutrients ... Mary Lee Minor is a member of the Earth, Wind and Flowers Garden Club, an accredited master ...