ENVIRONMENT

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
Daniela Uribe with a mountain of cascara (photo courtesy of Lazy Bear Tea)

Don’t Call it Food Waste: Entrepreneurs Turn Surplus Food into Gold

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04.12.18

Can Responsible Grazing Make Beef Climate-Neutral?

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04.10.18
shareholder activism meeting

Activists Take the Fight for Fair Food to Shareholder Meetings

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04.09.18
Mount Rainier and a farm in the foreground

Adding Crushed Volcanic Rock to Farm Soil Could Boost Crops—and Slow Global Warming

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04.06.18
interstate commerce chicken truck

Rep. Steve King Wants to Undo State Laws Protecting Animals and the Environment

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04.03.18
Roundup for residential use. (Photo credit: David Mulder.)

Inside Monsanto’s Day in Court: Scientists Weigh in on Glyphosate’s Cancer Risks

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03.29.18
seed coatings on corn seeds

New Science Shows Bee-Killing Pesticides Are Unnecessary on Most Farms

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03.28.18
James Matheny (Army National Guard) and his wife operate Stone Wall Angus LLC, in Fairplay, Md. where he markets his grain fed beef directly to the public from his 60-acre farm.

Conservation Funding Expected to Lag Behind When Farmers Need it Most

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03.27.18
From left: Tessa Emmer, Avery Resor, and Catherine O'Hare of Salt Point Seaweed. (Photo courtesy Salt Point Seaweed)

Meet the Women Growing the California Seaweed Economy

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03.23.18
Shinnecock tribe member Shane Weeks looks out over the tribe's territorial waters. (Photo by Alexandra Talty)

Can the Shinnecock Nation Save its Fishing Rights?

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03.15.18