Bees and butterflies might be the best-known pollinators, but they aren’t the only ones. Bats, birds, beetles, wasps and flies play an important role, too. Rae Olsson, a postdoctoral research associate at Washington State University (WSU), has studied pollinating insects since 2014, when they started working on a bee-survey project led by a recent WSU […]
Chances are, if you look around closely, there’s an edible plant (or fungi) near you right now. From the mushrooms dotting the forest floor to the wild blueberry and raspberry bushes growing along a hiking trail. There are wild ramps and tender greens and nuts and seeds all around us, if you know where to […]
The US Supreme Court ruled today that a California regulation allowing union organizers onto farms to recruit workers was unconstitutional. The decision comes as a victory for property owners and as a disappointment for union advocates. The original lawsuit, Cedar Point Nursery v. Hassid, was filed in 2016 and involved a decades-old California law that […]
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