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The Field Report: What the Historic Climate Bill Means for Farmers and the Food System

August 9, 2022

The Inflation Reduction Act includes billions for sustainable agriculture and a last-minute provision to provide debt relief to farmers.

Are Criollo Cattle a Regenerative Solution to a 1,200-Year Megadrought?

By Jacqueline Covey

August 8, 2022

From Farmland to Frac Sand

By Lisa Held

July 19, 2022

$An overhead view of US Silica's frac sand mine in La Salle County, Illinois. This mine is in front of Diane and Phil Gassman's home. (Photo courtesy of Ted Auch)$

Op-ed: With Food Prices on the Rise, Is a ‘Bean New Deal’ the Answer?

By Matthew Miles Goodrich, The Nation

July 1, 2022

A man working in the garden planting beans and legumes

California Dairy Uses Lots of Water. Here’s Why It Matters.

By Twilight Greenaway

June 30, 2022

A milk tanker drives by a dairy feedlot in California.

The Field Report: New Report Says Plans to Reduce Methane Fall Short on Big Meat and Dairy

By Lisa Held

June 29, 2022

Will Climate Change Help Hybrid Grapes Take Root in the US Wine Industry?

By Julia Fine

June 16, 2022

The Milea Estate from above, where heritage and hybrid grapes are grown for new wines. (Photo courtesy of the Heritage Grape Project)

Will California’s New Groundwater Rules Hurt Small-Scale Farms and Farmers of Color?

By Anne Marshall-Chalmers

June 7, 2022

A Wild, Windy Spring Is Creating a Soil Erosion Nightmare for Farmers

By Virginia Gewin

June 6, 2022

A derecho approaches Kurt Stiefvater's farm in Salem, South Dakota. (Photo credit: Kurt Stiefvater)

The Field Report: Tom Vilsack on How the USDA Can Transform the Food System

By Lisa Held

June 2, 2022

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announces Food System Transformation at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. on June 1, 2022. (USDA photo by Tom Witham)

California Farmers and Cattle Ranchers Struggle to Survive Unprecedented Water Cuts

By Rachel Becker, CalMatters

May 26, 2022

The drought has stunted grasses that Josh Davy's cattle usually feed on so he prepares hay for them at his ranch near Red Bluff. Photo by Miguel Gutierrez Jr., CalMatters

The Field Report: Food Companies Are Not Counting All of Their Greenhouse Gas Emissions

By Lisa Held

May 25, 2022

A palm oil plantation at the edge of a rainforest in Malaysia.

What the Insect Crisis Means for Food, Farming—and Humanity

By Tilde Herrera

May 19, 2022

journalist oliver milman and the cover of his new book, the insect crisis

What the Rise of Craft Sake Says about Farming, Climate, and Culture

By Twilight Greenaway

May 18, 2022

Nancy Matsumoto and the cover of her new book on japanese craft sake

Oregon Adopts Nation’s Strongest Farmworker Protections for Heat and Wildfire Smoke

By Lynne Terry, Oregon Capital Chronicle

May 12, 2022

Farmworkers in the field in high heat and wildfire smoke

Op-ed: Climate Change Is Bringing Agriculture to the Arctic. Let’s Prioritize Food Sovereignty.

By Mindy Jewell Price

May 11, 2022

farming in alaska (Photo courtesy of the Alaska Department of Natural Resources)

In the Face of Numerous Threats, Bees Are Producing Less Honey

By Lisa Held

May 9, 2022

The Trickle-Down Effect of Agriculture in Iowa

By Charlie Hope-D'Anieri, Sierra Magazine

April 15, 2022

A soybean farm being harvested in Rippey, Iowa. (Photo credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Op-ed: Fake Meat Won’t Solve the Climate Crisis

By Philip H. Howard

April 7, 2022

Impossible alternative protein fake meat burger. (Photo CC-licensed by Ted Eytan)

What Will the Rise of Giant Indoor Farms Mean for Appalachian Kentucky?

By Twilight Greenaway

April 6, 2022

An Appharvest employee harvesting tomatoes in Morehead, Kentucky. (Photo courtesy of Appharvest)

The Field Report: New UN Climate Report Urges Food Systems Solutions—Before It’s Too Late

By Lisa Held

April 4, 2022

WILEY, CO - AUGUST 22: Cattle crowd inside a feedlot operated by JBS Five Rivers Colorado Beef on August 22, 2012 in Wiley, Colorado. The severe drought has dried up most of eastern Colorado's natural grassland, forcing many ranchers to sell off much of their livestock to feedlots, which fatten up the cattle for slaughter. More than 50 percent of high plains areas of eastern Colorado, Nebraska and Kansas are still in extreme or exceptional drought, despite recent lower temperatures, according to the University of Nebraska's Drought Monitor. The record-breaking summer weather, which has affected more than half of the continental United States, is expected to drive up food prices by 2013, due to lower crop harvests and the adverse effect on the nation's cattle industry. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

US Taxpayers Are Spending Billions to Keep Farms on Flooded, Unproductive Land

By Georgina Gustin, InsideClimate News

March 31, 2022

A Regenerative Grazing Revolution Is Taking Root in the Mid-Atlantic

By Lisa Held

March 30, 2022

Chickens graze outside their mobile pen on Open Book Farm. (Photo credit: Mary Kathryn Barnet)

As Drought Intensifies, a Return to Wild, Less Restricted Waterways Offers Solutions

By Greta Moran

March 23, 2022

journalist and author erica gies and the cover of her new book

Can Small Seaweed Farms Help Kelp Scale Up?

By Lynn Fantom

March 16, 2022

Harvesting Kelp in Alaska. (Photo credit: Rachelle Hacmac)

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The Field Report: What the Historic Climate Bill Means for Farmers and the Food System

Are Criollo Cattle a Regenerative Solution to a 1,200-Year Megadrought?

From Farmland to Frac Sand

Op-ed: With Food Prices on the Rise, Is a ‘Bean New Deal’ the Answer?

California Dairy Uses Lots of Water. Here’s Why It Matters.

Today’s food system is complex.

The Field Report: New Report Says Plans to Reduce Methane Fall Short on Big Meat and Dairy

Will Climate Change Help Hybrid Grapes Take Root in the US Wine Industry?

Will California’s New Groundwater Rules Hurt Small-Scale Farms and Farmers of Color?

A Wild, Windy Spring Is Creating a Soil Erosion Nightmare for Farmers

The Field Report: Tom Vilsack on How the USDA Can Transform the Food System

California Farmers and Cattle Ranchers Struggle to Survive Unprecedented Water Cuts

The Field Report: Food Companies Are Not Counting All of Their Greenhouse Gas Emissions

What the Insect Crisis Means for Food, Farming—and Humanity

What the Rise of Craft Sake Says about Farming, Climate, and Culture

Oregon Adopts Nation’s Strongest Farmworker Protections for Heat and Wildfire Smoke

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Op-ed: Climate Change Is Bringing Agriculture to the Arctic. Let’s Prioritize Food Sovereignty.

In the Face of Numerous Threats, Bees Are Producing Less Honey

The Trickle-Down Effect of Agriculture in Iowa

Op-ed: Fake Meat Won’t Solve the Climate Crisis

What Will the Rise of Giant Indoor Farms Mean for Appalachian Kentucky?

The Field Report: New UN Climate Report Urges Food Systems Solutions—Before It’s Too Late

US Taxpayers Are Spending Billions to Keep Farms on Flooded, Unproductive Land

A Regenerative Grazing Revolution Is Taking Root in the Mid-Atlantic

As Drought Intensifies, a Return to Wild, Less Restricted Waterways Offers Solutions

Can Small Seaweed Farms Help Kelp Scale Up?