How Native Farmers Pair Ancestral Knowledge with Climate Expertise
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Study Finds Some Meateaters Experience ‘Meat Disgust’, Too
Researchers think this could power meat consumption reduction.
Water Wells are at Risk of Going Dry in the US and Worldwide
Drilled wells provide nearly half of the water American farmers use to irrigate their crops.
Our publisher tries new cookbooks and decides if they’re worth the investment.
A New Route to Hardier Rice: Tweak its Microbiome
Adjusting microbial communities may become an important new tool to produce resilient crops.
Remembering the Food Workers We’ve Lost to COVID-19 Part 3
The third part in a series honoring the food and agriculture workers who lost their lives to the virus.
Is It Time for a Second White House Summit on Food?
The first took place a half-century ago and changed the trajectory of hunger in America.
Survey Finds Pesticides Threaten Important Soil Ecosystems
Soil is a dense ecosystem full of organisms—or, at least, until pesticides hit it.
A Legal Battle Rages Over Smoking Sugar Fields in South Florida
A new bill, signed last week, is the next hurdle for a pending lawsuit against Florida sugar growers and their use of sugarcane burning.
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