ENVIRONMENT

Representative Chellie Pingree speaks at the Farmers and Ranchers for a Green New Deal press conference. (Photo courtesy of Rep. Pingree's office)

Farmers and Ranchers Sign on to Support the Green New Deal

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09.19.19

A farmer adjusts siphon tubes on furrow irrigated lettuce near Phoenix, Arizona. (NRCS photo by Tim McCabe)

As Water Sources Dry Up, Arizona Farmers Feel the Heat of Climate Change

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09.18.19

Dorn Cox, research director at Wolfe's Neck Center for Agriculture & the Environment. (Photo courtesy of OpenTEAM)

Investment in Regenerative Agriculture Connects the Dots Between Soil and Plate

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09.17.19

woman farmer spreading compost on her farm to fight climate change

Is Compost the Secret to Making Ag Climate Friendly?

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09.17.19

Colorado cowboys grazing their horses in the mountains.

Will Climate Change Mean Less Farming in the West?

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09.16.19

Beekeeper tending a hive of bees

In Rural Appalachia, Beekeeping Offers a New Path for Coal Miners

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09.12.19

woman throwing food away into the compost bin making food waste

There’s a Blueprint to Halve the Food Waste Fiasco

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09.06.19

Kamala Harris Democratic climate town hall Screenshot from CNN.

Climate Town Hall Brings Food and Agriculture to Center Stage

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09.05.19

Farmers Kenneth and Sheri Jensen, and their daughter, Rose, were early adopters of the soil health movement in Eastern Oregon. (NRCS photo by Tracy Robillard)

With Regenerative Agriculture Booming, the Question of Pesticide Use Looms Large

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09.05.19

Composite photo of beef cattle eating grass in front of the Amazon rain forest burning

A Livestock Farmer’s Response to the Amazon Fires

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09.04.19

Water protectors of all persuasions gathered in talking circles at Borderland Ranch in Pe’Sla, the heart of the sacred Black Hills, during the first Sovereign Sisters Gathering. At the center are Cheryl Angel in red and white and on her left, Lyla June.

The Women of Standing Rock Are Building Sovereign Food Economies

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08.30.19

Kannan Thiruvengadam with Jessica Ventura, and the sign given by Ventura's grandfather to Eastie Farm.

Boston’s Eastie Farm Builds Community and Resilience on the Front Lines of Climate Change

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08.21.19

farm food waste of tomatoes rotting in the field. Photo CC-licensed by Steve Corey on Flickr.

Study Finds Farm-Level Food Waste is Much Worse Than We Thought

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08.20.19

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Meet the Women Building Political Power for Farmworkers in the Central Valley

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08.12.19

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Cory Booker Wants to Pay Many More Farmers to Practice Carbon Farming

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08.08.19

Women from Yulchen Frontera who are members of the Ixquisis Peaceful Resistance against the San Mateo Hydroelectric Project, pose for a photo. Ixquisis, San Mateo Ixtatan, Huehuetenango, Guatemala. April 26, 2019.

Environmental Defenders—Often Fighting Agribusiness—Are Being Violently Silenced Around the World

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07.31.19

clean drinking water coming from the tap

300 California Communities Can’t Drink From the Tap. Will More Money Make a Difference?

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07.29.19

aerial view of a sugarcane harvest in florida with burning fields

Burning Sugarcane in Florida is Making People Sick. Could ‘Green Harvesting’ Change the Game?

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07.15.19