ENVIRONMENT

Lagoons outside a factory farm in North Carolina. Photo CC-licensed by Waterkeeper Alliance.

A New EPA Rule Would Allow Factory Farms to Avoid Reporting Air Pollution

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11.02.18
A farmer picking herbs at Suzie's Farm in San Diego

Climate Change Requires Quick Action for San Diego Farmers

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10.24.18
Eleventh graders Michelle Martinez, (left) and Cing "Jenny” Lian, greet Fishadelphia customers. (Photo credit: Erme Maula for fishadelphia)

High School Students Run This Dock-to-Table Sustainable Seafood Program

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10.23.18
Organización Boricuá member Jorge Cora from Finca Conciencia in Solidarity, Reconstruction, and Climate Justice Brigade in Sejah Farm, St. Croix

Agroecology as a Tool of Sovereignty and Resilience in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria

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10.19.18
food bank worker moving a pallet of food donations

The Hot Cereal Company Using Buy-One-Give-One to Fight Food Insecurity

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10.12.18
Elizabeth Azzuz and Margo Robbins, leaders of the Cultural Fire Management Council, have been helping Yurok Tribal members burn their land to improve the growth of basket materials and other traditional plants.

Fire and Agroforestry Are Reviving Traditional Native Foods and Communities

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10.11.18
Farmer Kelly Mulville showing climate-smart ranching practices at Paicines Ranch in California. (Photo credit: CalCAN)

How Will California’s Climate Ambitions Reshape Food and Agriculture?

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10.09.18
a damaged farm in north carolina after hurricane florence

After Florence, Small Farmers Face Major Hurdles to Federal Relief

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10.05.18
food waste ugly carrots together

Food Waste Wars: The Imperfect Enemy of the Good

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10.03.18

Amidst Keystone XL Fight, Nebraska Farmers Give 10 Acres Back to the Ponca Nation

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10.02.18
Laddie Hall at a farmers' market. (Photo credit: Shea Evans Photography)

Long Meadow Ranch Takes a Full-Circle Approach to Farming in Wine Country

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09.25.18

Racing Against the Harvest, Custom Wheat Cutters Struggle to Stay Relevant

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09.24.18
woman foraging for edible weeds

Can Urban Soil Offer Edible Weeds Fit for Foraging?

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09.21.18
Meei Ling Ng in the UBC Garden of Eden. (Photo © Sang Cun)

The Artist Creating Urban Farms to Feed Philadelphia

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09.20.18
Ear-hung scallops on a line.

Farmed Scallops are Coming to a Plate Near You

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09.11.18
Small group of happy children making bubbles and playing together in nature

How the Farm Bill Could Keep You from Banning Roundup at Your Kid’s Playground

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09.05.18
Debbie Clay is a farmer in Stony Creek, Virginia.

Once on the Sidelines of Farming, Women Landowners Find Their Voices

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08.28.18
Migrant workers harvesting sweet potatoes in Mechanicsville, VA. (Photo credit: USDA)

Healthy Soil is Ground Zero for Environmental Justice in Farm Communities

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08.17.18