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California dairy farmers are going nuts for almonds, but at what cost?
This cash crop is keeping some farmers on the land, but the almond boom offers no long-term promise of security.
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The drought is destroying California’s organic dairy farms
For 20 years, organics have provided a future for a dying industry. Dry times are changing that.
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The Weather Channel has your forecast for 2050
The Weather Channel joins the IPCC in predicting a chaotic future without climate action. Wear a raincoat.
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Beer: a magical mixture of hops, barley, and tiny pieces of plastic
Researchers took a microscope to a bunch of German beer. What they found will ruin your whole day.
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Want to feed people? Come hang out
On Thursday, Sept. 11, Grist's food writer will be hosting a discussion about providing food to people who need it and supporting local farms.
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Privilege: sabbatical edition
I'm acutely aware that the opportunity to take a year off work and do nothing is not available to the vast majority of my fellow citizens.
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Nutrition, the environment, and poverty: Let’s talk!
Double Up Food Bucks is one idea that's working to get better food onto the plates of the people who most need it. Come talk with us and the people behind it.
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Watch the world go up in fracking flares
Natural gas flares join city lights and the Great Wall of China as stuff you can see from space.
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Grist is looking for the spring 2015 class of fellows
Are you an early-career journalist, storyteller, or multimedia wizard who digs what we do? Then Grist wants you!
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Empty study paves the way for fracking in California
Energy companies poised to dig into California's reserves are breathing a sigh of relief.