Articles by Grist staff

Oh, Goody — Organic Ragu!

Organic farming is undergoing a boom in Italy and other southern European countries. Thanks to rising demand and generous European Union subsidies for the conversion of farmland to organic growing, the land area in Italy devoted to organic farming has doubled in the past three years, and organic farming is quickly gaining ground in Spain […]

Breach Out of Reach

The Clinton administration has decided it will not recommend that four dams on the lower Snake River in Washington be breached to help salmon recovery. George Frampton, head of the White House Council on Environmental Quality, is testifying before Congress today that the feds will watch how other efforts to protect salmon proceed over the […]

I'm Chiquita Banana and I've Come to Say — Bananas Must Be Grown in a Certain Way

The banana business is going greener, with a number of major companies, including Chiquita, working to qualify for a new Eco-OK banana label developed by environmental groups under the banner of the Better Banana Project. To maintain certification, banana farms must show continual improvements in their environmental practices and treatment of workers. Ecuador’s second largest […]

Spilling Their Gluts

In the worst river pollution incident ever to hit Brazil, a million-gallon oil spill is threatening drinking water, wildlife, and farmland along at least 25 miles of the Iguacu River in the southern part of the nation. The spill, which began Sunday afternoon, was caused by a ruptured pipe at a refinery of the government-owned […]