ENVIRONMENT

Oregon farmer Noah Williams works with the USDA NRCS to build healthier soil on his farm. (Photo CC-licensed by NRCS Oregon

Will Indigo Ag’s New Private Carbon Market Pay Off for Farmers?

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07.11.19

Recovering potatoes for Food Forward (Photo © Eron Rauch)

A New Produce Warehouse in Los Angeles Will Prevent Millions of Pounds of Food Waste

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06.27.19

Red Tide caused by Dinoflagellates off the Scripps Institution of Oceanography Pier, La Jolla California. (Public domain photo by P. Alejandro Díaz and Ginny Velasquez)

Toxic Red Tide is Back in Florida. Is Big Sugar to Blame?

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06.25.19

photo of a phosphate mine for glyphosate with roundup bottles superimposed

Roundup’s Other Problem: Glyphosate is Sourced from Controversial Mines

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06.24.19

farmer in a canola field checking his crop

Oregon’s Seed War: Can Vegetable Crops and Canola Coexist in the Seed Capitol of America?

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06.20.19

Moving the herd of cattle at White Oak Pastures. Photo courtesy of White Oak Pastures.

Impossible Foods and Regenerative Grazers Face Off in a Carbon Farming Dust-Up

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06.19.19

scientist working on seaweed to help cows reduce their climate change impacts

Can We Grow Enough Seaweed to Help Cows Fight Climate Change?

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06.03.19

A grove of gridded fruit trees behind Utah State Highway 24 seen from the Rim Overlook trail in Capitol Reef National Park. When Fruita was first settled in 1880, State Route 24 was a gravel road that connected to a dusty dirt road leading to Fruita. The advent of the automobile era in the 1920s created a new market for tourism in the isolated reaches of Utah, and the National Park Service funded six miles of highway in 1962. State Route 24 (visible in the top left of the image) became the Scenic Drive within the park, while Utah State Highway 24 became the primary thoroughfare to Fruita.

Photo Essay: How Fruit Orchards Blossomed in a High Desert National Park

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05.31.19

Ron Hook, western district commissioner or Buchanan County, inspects the levee in Elwood, Kansas, March 22, 2019. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Patrick Evenson)

Climate Change Is Intensifying Food Shocks

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05.30.19

The Race to Produce a Slower-Growing Chicken

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05.28.19

people standing in line for food

Where Do Food Banks Fit in to the Fight for a Green New Deal?

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05.16.19

Chellie Pingree unveiled her five ag principles at Bumbleroot Organic Farm in Windham, Maine, in April. (Photo by Matthew Whalen Photography)

5 Ways Congress Can Support Farmers to Mitigate Climate Change

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05.08.19

Maria Payan recalls her struggles living next to a massive broiler chicken operation.

New Film Captures the Brutal Reality of Living Near Factory Farms

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05.02.19

dung beetle on top of a ball of dung in a field.

Dung Beetles Are Key to Healthy Pasture. Now They May Also Help Make Produce Safer

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04.30.19

hydroponic growing plants in a greenhouse

Can Hydroponic Farmers Spray Glyphosate Just Before Becoming Organic?

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04.23.19

What the ‘Insect Apocalypse’ Has to Do With the Food We Eat

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04.17.19

tractor spraying pesticides on a field

A Decade of Pesticides, GMOs, and Alternatives to Chemical-Intensive Farming

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04.10.19

A 2011 photo from the NASA Earth Observatory showing the blue green algae bloom.

Factory Farms are Polluting Lake Erie. Will the Lake’s New Legal Rights Help?

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04.09.19