ENVIRONMENT

Amanda Provencher calls herself a perpetual optimist but can’t help but worry about water.

Maine Farmers Struggle with New, Harsher Climate Reality

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07.22.20

An overhead view of the Detroit urban farm study on week five. (Photo courtesy of Naim Edwards)

Could a Detroit Experiment Unleash the Power of Urban Soil?

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07.16.20

A still from the Burger King ad about reducing their cows' methane emissions

Op-ed: Burger King’s New ‘Reduced Methane’ Beef May Be All Hat, No Cattle

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07.16.20

Dr Rattan Lal holding a cup of grain. Photo courtesy of the World Food Prize.

The World Food Prize Winner Says Soil Should Have Rights

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07.15.20

organic farm researcher testing soil health

Food Companies Step Up Funding for Organic Farming Research

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07.13.20

Freshly caught fish for sale at the Dockside Harbor market. (Photo by Mark Armao)

A San Diego Pier-to-Plate Seafood Market Is a Lifeline for Fishermen

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07.02.20

a farmer walks in a cornfield contemplating whether to spray glyphosate, dicamba, or one of three other herbicides in a new corn variety proposed by Bayer/Monsanto

Bayer Forges Ahead with New Crops Resistant to 5 Herbicides

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07.01.20

A fisherman pulling a bait bag from a lobster trap after hauling it aboard. (Photo courtesy of Ben Martens)

Fishermen Hope for Change as the Seafood Industry Faces a Crisis

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06.25.20

lake erie during a toxic algal bloom as a result of agricultural runoff

The Lake Erie Bill of Rights is Dead. A Voluntary Effort Will Pay Farmers to Reduce Runoff Instead.

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06.22.20

A sign posted in a field of Roundup Ready, dicamba-resistant soybeans.

Federal Court Outlaws Controversial Herbicide Dicamba

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06.05.20

A hand putting food waste into a compost bin.

How the Pandemic is Affecting Home Food Waste

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05.15.20

Bagging lettuce from local small farms at the Vermont Food Bank

The Farm to Food Bank Movement Aims to Rescue Small-Scale Farming and Feed the Hungry

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05.14.20

giving newsday header for civil eats

This #GivingNewsDay, Support Nonprofit Journalism

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05.05.20

Vietnamese immigrant urban farmer Tham Nguyen tends vegetables at VEGGI co-op farm. Photo by Sarah Sax.

A Vietnamese Farmers’ Cooperative in New Orleans Offers a Lesson in Resilience

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05.01.20

a woman buying food in a plastic bag from a farmers' market

How the Pandemic is Creating a Plastic Boom

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04.28.20

The Riverview Dairy Digester in Pixley, California. It receives manure from roughly 3,000 milk cows, plus replacement stock. (Photo courtesy of Maas Energy Works)

Are Dairy Digesters the Renewable Energy Answer or a ‘False Solution’ to Climate Change?

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04.24.20

rice paddy flooded. Photo CC-licensed by Phil Hendley.

Could Changing the Way We Farm Rice Be a Climate Solution?

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04.23.20

Coalition of Immokalee Worker carrying produce. Photo from iStockphoto.com.

Change to Federal Rule Could Expose More Farmworkers to Pesticides

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04.22.20