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UN Backs Small-Scale Farmers in Madagascar
The United Nations International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) announced it will spend more than $30 million to help farmers and other rural residents...
Ethiopian Farmers Boosted By Improved Seed
Five years ago, Wegene Abebe was just another local peasant eking out a living in Tijo, 220km southeast of the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa;...
New Coffee Helps Save Chimps and Impoverished Farmers at the Same Time
Chimpanzees and coffee have more in common than you might think. It was in Gombe National Park in Tanzania in 1960 that legendary primatologist...
Farmers Go Green to Fight Global Warming
A growing number of farmers concerned with the potential effects of global warming are now adopting environmentally friendly farming methods including soil management techniques...
Queensland Declared Drought Free for First Time in Decade: Colors Have Blossomed Out of the Brown
Incredible rains in Australia's Queensland have turned the typical red of the outback soil into lush green terrain crisscrossed by swollen rivers, ending a...
Good News in History, April 28
6 years ago, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that India had achieved its goal, ahead of schedule, of providing electricity to every village...
Good News in History, April 26
70 years ago, Seven Samurai was released in theaters, the epic cinematic masterpiece co-written, directed, and edited by Akira Kurosawa. A technical and creative...
After Scenic Waterway Declines, Government Sides with Activists to Intervene on the Wye River’s Behalf
The fourth-longest river in the UK is declining due to farming pollution, but the government has appointed several former and current MPs to organize...
Good News in History, April 14
41 years ago today, EMI released David Bowie's 15th studio album Let's Dance. The album became Bowie's greatest commercial success, with 11 million albums sold and...
Good News in History, March 29
50 years ago today in Lintong County, Shaanxi Province, a group of farmers—Yang Zhifa, his five brothers, and his neighbor Wang Puzhi—were digging in...
Aussie Man Invents Weapon in War Against Invasive Asparagus Fern–The ‘Asparagus Assassin’
While most Americans will think of asparagus as a tasty compliment to a fish dinner, or alternatively as an inedibly, mushy, misery stick to...
African Forest Farming Initiative Making A Difference to Thousands with Tree-Planting and Microlending
An NGO has realized that the irreplaceable value and beauty of African wilderness might be protected if, rather than pouring billions into funding park...
Good News in History, March 14
93 years ago today, Alam Aara, the first Indian talking film was released to popular appeal. Directed and produced by Ardeshir Irani, he was...
Precocious Child Identifies Japanese Wolf Specimen Amid Museum Collection, Encouraged to Publish Scientific Paper
From Japan's metropolitan heart comes the story of a young woman with a love for nature getting her paws in the door of a...
New Spiral-Shaped Lens is Massive Improvement for Eyewear: ‘Potentially Revolutionizing Ophthalmology’
Ophthalmologists have developed a spiral-shaped contact lens that maintains clear focus at different distances and in varying light conditions.
The new lens works much like...
Good News in History, February 4
24 years ago today, World Cancer Day was initiated on February 4th after The World Summit Against Cancer for the New Millennium, Charter of...
Simple Scanner the Size of a Coffee Grinder Will Tell You Exactly How Long Fruit and Veggies Will Last
A wise balding man once said, "fruit's a gamble," but what if producers and retailers had a way of knowing the odds before the...
Farmer Combats Flooding by Returning Creeks to Nature: ‘Wildlife That Has Come is Phenomenal’
In the UK, farmers are combatting flooding by returning areas of their farms to a more natural state, and seeing the benefits not only...
Good News in History, January 12
65 years ago today, Berry Gordy founded what would become Motown Records, a Black-owned label that achieved crossover success and played an important role...
100 Tiny Endangered Seahorses Released into Sydney Harbor with High Hopes
Australia continues to rehabilitate its populations of White's seahorse, an "Australian icon" and the only such creature on the nation's endangered list.
In May, GNN...