Consumers are sometimes shocked to find that organic standards allow for the use of plastic mulch on organic farms. After all plastic polymers are synthetic petrochemical products and not “natural”.

But five years ago he turned to a product that was relatively new to the area — plastic mulch. "In terms of my herd's productivity and feed costs, it's had a huge impact," said Frigon ...

Researchers at KAUST have designed an innovative new greenhouse system that passively cools plants and boosts yields.

Each year, on our fruit-and-vegetable farm in New England, my family covers about a quarter of our 50 acres with plastic mulch. Rolls of it, five feet wide and 4,000 feet long, sit on a machine ...

are plastic sheets that are spread over the soil to serve as a sort of plastic mulch. They suppress the growth of weeds, increase fertiliser uptake, regulate temperature and humidity, and protect ...