ENVIRONMENT

farmer drought

In Farm Country, Grappling With the Taboo of Talking about Climate Change

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07.11.18
fish labeling

Fish Fraud is Real. What Should We Eat?

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06.29.18
gmo labeling symbol and fresh produce

3 Reasons to be Concerned about the USDA’s Proposed GMO Labeling Rules

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06.22.18
Seafood processing in Indonesia. (Photo credit: Adrian Mulya/The Sustainable Seafood Alliance Indonesia)

There’s Tremendous Human Suffering Behind Our Food. It’s Time to End It.

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06.20.18
Sign warning about pesticides on a farm

Hawaii Shows States’ Power to Regulate Pesticides

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06.20.18
Healthy soils at Bare Ranch. (Photo credit: Paige Green)

Carbon Farming Works. Can It Scale up in Time to Make a Difference?

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06.12.18
PastureMap's Christine Su. (Photo courtesy of PastureMap)

PastureMap Brings a High-Tech Approach to Sustainable Grazing

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06.08.18
Dallas Glazik (right) and brother Will Glazik with some of the corn varieties they grow on their farm near Paxton, IL on Friday, April 13, 2018. (Photo by Darrell Hoemann/The Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting)

In High Demand, Organic Soy and Corn Farmers Stand to Win

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06.01.18
Marion Nestle (photo credit: Bill Hayes)

Marion Nestle Looks Back at 30 years of Agitating for Better Food

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05.31.18
Honeybee pollinating a cherry orchard. (Photo CC-licensed by the Oregon Department of Agriculture)

Europe’s Neonic Ban is a Big Step—But it Won’t Be a Cure-all for Bees

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05.24.18
Piglets on a slatted floor like those used in Iowa CAFOs. (Photo credit: agnormark)

Iowa Residents to Sue the State Over Air Emissions from Industrial Hog Farms

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05.16.18
Tim Raile (right) and his son Michael (left) holdling his own son, looking over fields they are transitioning to organic.

These Farmers Switched to Organic After Pesticides Made Their Families Sick

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05.11.18
Captain Christopher Brown sorts fish at the F/V Proud Mary’s conveyor, with the electronic monitoring cameras visible behind him. Photo © Ayla Fox for The Nature Conservancy

The Future of Fishing Is Big Data and Artificial Intelligence

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05.10.18

Zero-Waste Stores Ask Shoppers to Bring Their Own Everything

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05.09.18
Farmer in rubber boots standing in the field of corn.

Farm Runoff in U.S. Waters Has Hit Crisis Levels. Are Farmers Ready to Change?

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05.08.18
Tapping a sugar maple. (Photo CC-licensed by < a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/allagashbrewing/16716238601">Allagash Brewing Co.)

What Does Climate Change Mean for Vermont’s Maple Sugarers?

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05.02.18
mike madison and book cover

A Family Farmer Looks Back at 30 Years in the Field

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04.27.18
map of the 100th meridian shift

Farmers Along the 100th Meridian Stand to be Hard Hit by Climate Change

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04.25.18