Farming Was Extensive in Ancient North America, Study Finds A millenniums-old settlement in Michigan has archaeologists rethinking the rise of agriculture on the continent. Listen to this article ...

Researchers surveying Michigan’s Sixty Islands archaeological site have found ancient evidence of farming by the Indigenous Menominee people in the form of ridges in the earth. The farming ...

For now, scientists can only hypothesize about precisely why Maya people built the extensive wetland farming systems. But the evidence suggests adaptation was a key factor.

In modern agriculture, the choice between intensive and extensive farming systems is crucial to determining a farm business’ economic and environmental. Sign in. LATEST. LATEST.

Intensive and extensive farming are one of the key culprits of Europe's declining biodiversity. To address this problem and progress towards sustainable agricultural production, many EU Member ...