ENVIRONMENT

Rep. Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Ed Markey during the introduction of the Green New Deal resolutions.

What the New Green Deal Means for the Food on Your Plate

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02.07.19
Gorazd Trušnovec, a professional beekeeper in Ljubljana, tends to the beehives on the balcony of the offices of the prime minister of Slovenia

What the U.S. Could Learn From Slovenia About Protecting Bees

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02.04.19
a person eating a large hamburger

Investors Join Calls for a Food Revolution to Fight Climate Change

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02.01.19
Hundreds gather in San Francisco with the youth led Sunrise Movement to call on House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi to support the formation of a Select Committee to advance a Green New Deal to address Climate Change. (Photo CC-licensed by Peg Hunter)

A Green New Deal Must Include Food and Farming

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01.30.19
10 years of civil eats

10 Years of Civil Eats—What Has Changed in a Decade of Reporting on the Food System?

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01.29.19
Mark VanGessel holding an invasive palmer amaranth plant. (Photo CC-licensed by Delaware Agriculture)

Australia Might Have the Answer to Herbicide-Resistant ‘Superweeds’

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01.28.19
Jehmel Alexander working in the Foodlink kitchen.

One of the Nation’s Oldest Food Banks Adds Culinary Education to its Offerings

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01.24.19
USDA Agriculture Research Service entomologists inspect Florida orange trees for Asian citrus psyllids. (USDA photo by Stephen Ausmus.)

Florida’s Citrus Trees Face Extinction. Are Antibiotics the Only Answer?

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01.23.19
Tomatoes growing under solar panels at the University of Massachusetts.

Agrivoltaics: Solar Panels on Farms Could Be a Win-Win

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01.22.19
people harvesting produce from an edible landscape garden

Edible Landscapes Are Un-Lawning America

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01.14.19
a chart showing the seed industry monopoly in 2018

The Sobering Details Behind the Latest Seed Monopoly Chart

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01.11.19
eric holt-gimenez and the cover of his new book, can we feed the world without destroying it

Feeding the World Without Destroying It

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01.10.19
A Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission staffer poses with a red snapper. (Photo CC-licensed by FWC)

Sustainable Fisheries Management in the Legislative Crosshairs

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01.09.19
Cattle grazing in a silvopasture forest in Georgia. (Photo CC-licensed by the USDA National Agroforestry Center)

Silvopasture Can Mitigate Climate Change. Will U.S. Farmers Take it Seriously?

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01.07.19
Milking cows in Mongolia. (Photo courtesy of the Khovsgol Dairy Project)

Mongolia, Cheese, and the Future of Dairy in the Era of Climate Change

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01.03.19
Forever Young Charter Company captain Tony Young, holding a lionfish. (Photo courtesy of Forever Young)

Florida’s Answer to Invasive Lionfish? If You Can’t Beat ‘Em, Eat ‘Em

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01.02.19
a group of readers with comment bubble signs standing together

Our Readers Respond: The Year in Food and Farming

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12.28.18
Harvesting in pairs at Intervale Community Farm. (Photo credit: Brian Shevrin)

Our Best Solutions-Focused Stories of 2018

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12.26.18