There's plenty of work in the fields and orchards -- but fewer and fewer workers. California farmers are watching crops rot on vines and trees and planting less fruits and vegetables due to an ongoing ...

Modern manufacturing isn't based on human labor, it's based on the robot. Still, most people cannot grasp the breadth of automation in factories. We still picture plants full of human workers toiling ...

Hybrid rice—bred from two different parents—greatly contributes to food security. However, the process of hybrid seed production is labor intensive, and fully mechanized hybrid rice breeding is ...