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Study: Livestock Methane Emissions Are Much Higher Than Thought

Methane is not quite as abundant, as far as greenhouse gases go, as carbon dioxide—but... (more)

Dan Nosowitz
June 7, 2021
Texas Wine Grape Growers Sue Bayer-Monsanto Over Dicamba Drift Damage

The volatile nature of the pesticide dicamba has meant that it can wind up miles... (more)

Dan Nosowitz
June 4, 2021
Brazilian Government May Start Paying Farmers to Conserve Land

Under President Jair Bolsonaro, deforestation rates have increased by most measures in Brazil. But recent... (more)

Dan Nosowitz
June 4, 2021
A New Approach to Protecting Bees From Toxic Pesticides

An estimated 35 percent of our food directly relies on pollinators, such as honeybees. But... (more)

Shelby Vittek
June 3, 2021
What’s in Biden’s 2022 Budget Proposal for Agriculture?

Last week, the Biden administration released its first annual budget proposal.  The proposal for 2022,... (more)

Dan Nosowitz
June 2, 2021
Can Lobsters Get High?

How does one get a lobster high? In a tiny, lobster-sized hotbox, obviously. Or, in... (more)

Emily Baron Cadloff
June 2, 2021
Cyber Attack Forces JBS to Shut Down Several Plants

Meatpacking plants may rely on lots of human hands, but they also rely on functional... (more)

Dan Nosowitz
June 1, 2021
Farmers in India Have Been Protesting for 6 Months, Have They Made...

This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. For six... (more)

Surinder S. Jodhka
June 1, 2021
West Virginia Legislators Propose a ‘Right to Food’ Amendment

Danielle Walker remembers how hard she worked to feed her family, just a few years... (more)

Emily Baron Cadloff
May 31, 2021
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