ENVIRONMENT

book cover of mark kurlansky's salmon, plus author photo by Sylvia Plachy

What the History of Salmon Can Tell Us About the Future of the Planet

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03.05.20

Chellie Pingree visiting a farm during a Women in Agriculture event

A Comprehensive New Federal Roadmap for Climate Action on Farms

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02.26.20

hands scooping piles of lentils and other pulse crops

Plant-Based Diets and Regenerative Ag Have Sparked a Pea and Lentil Renaissance

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02.18.20

spraying an orchard farm with a tractor

Jury Awards $265M in Damages in Dicamba Trial Against Monsanto, BASF

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02.17.20

Cattle in an Oklahoma feedlot. (USDA photo by Alice Welch)

Is Trump’s USDA Ready to Address Climate Change?

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02.14.20

Climate Change Will Expand Agriculture’s Reach, Solving Some Problems and Creating New Ones

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02.12.20

cover crop rye grass

Two States are Leading a Cover Crop Revival

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02.11.20

Bill Bader, owner of Bader Farms, and his wife Denise pose in front of the Rush Hudson Limbaugh Sr. United States Courthouse in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, on Monday, Jan. 27, 2020. (Photo by Johnathan Hettinger/Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting)

At Dicamba Trial, Evidence Shows Monsanto Execs Anticipated Pesticide Drift

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01.31.20

Three pigs in a pig pen

Can an Industrial-Scale Meat Company Be Carbon Neutral?

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01.28.20

Sarah Ross and fresh grown produce. Photo by Bill Durrance.

Social Roots Seed Company Wants to ‘Reseed the Lowcountry’

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01.23.20

UF/IFAS specialist and citrus growers scout the grove for insects. Beneficial insects are always around with the diversity of species and flowering in the cover crops. (Photo by Juanita Popenoe)

Can Cover Crops Save Florida’s Citrus?

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01.22.20

School Food Waste photo by G Witteveen on Flickr.

A New Bill Aims to Fix Food Waste in Schools

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01.16.20

The Salmon Sisters: Emma Privat (left) and Claire Neaton.

The Salmon Sisters of Alaska are Fighting for a Healthy, Sustainable Fish Future

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01.15.20

woman holding a compostable salad food take-out container

Plastic To-Go Containers Are Bad, but Are the Alternatives Any Better?

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01.14.20

Lani Estill's sheep grazing at Bare Ranch. (Photo by Paige Green for NRCS)

In the Rush to Solve Climate Change with Lab-Based Foods, Don’t Write off Farming

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01.09.20

inspecing pawpaw fruit on the tree

Climate Change Could Make Pawpaws a Valuable Crop for Northern Farmers

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01.09.20

Kelly Placke of Star Bright Farms in Cuba City, Wisconsin.

On-Farm Solar Grows as Farmers See Economic Rewards—and Risks

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01.08.20

Candace Thompson standing in nature with edible plants

The New York Artist Reintroducing Wild, Edible Foods

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01.03.20