Climate Change Is Coming for Your Favorite Condiments
From mustard to ketchup, here's what to know about how a warming world will impact the availability of beloved pantry staples.
Swapping Seasons, Casting Shade: How Farmers Are Growing Food in the Fearsome Phoenix Heat
Food farmers are making it work in sweltering Arizona, offering lessons for farmers in other regions where summer temperatures are rising.
Opinion: With Community Solar, It’s Not Renewable Energy vs. Rural Character
Community solar provides an option for whole communities to share in the benefits of locally generated clean energy together.
Urban Agriculture isn’t as Climate-Friendly as It Seems. These Best Practices Can Help.
Urban agriculture has many community benefits, but it isn’t always better for the climate than conventional agriculture—unless you follow these practices.
Birds are Vulnerable to Heat Stress, Even on Farms
Wild birds are dealing with unprecedented heat. Here’s what it means on the farm.
A critical global crop, rice makes up roughly 20 percent of calories consumed by humans, but it’s highly dependent on getting the right amount of water. Can it be bred to survive the changing climate?
Climate Change is Coming for Christmas Trees. Can They Be Saved?
Across North America, warmer temperatures and increased rainfall are affecting Christmas tree plantations. Can growers and researchers save these iconic holiday centerpieces for future generations?
USDA’s Updated Plant Hardiness Map Shows Where Growing Zones Are Warming
The 2023 map is about 2.5 degrees warmer than the 2012 map across the contiguous United States.
Conservation Programs Offer Solutions to Climate Threats, But Are Vastly Underfunded
The Biden administration has called USDA conservation programs a “linchpin” in the nation’s climate strategy.
