Food and Agriculture

Antibiotic resistance can be spread via cow urine

Oh, that's all we needed: a new, grosser way for dosed-up livestock to spread antibiotic resistance.

Sarah Miller Food and Agriculture

Lame duck or bad luck? The farm bill hangs in the balance

Will Congress leave young farmers and organic farmers high and dry? Here's an update on the expired multibillion-dollar food and farm bill.

Twilight Greenaway Food and Agriculture

Will Obama’s second term bring food system wins — or more of the same?

Obama didn't impress food system reformers in his first four years. Will this term be any different?

Tom Laskawy Food

Climate change threatens to wipe out your coffee

Arabica coffee beans could be extinct in the wild by 2080.

Susie Cagle Climate & Energy

These guys want to provide the nation’s capital with a steady source of local food

A new for-profit food hub outside Washington, D.C., hints at what may be to come for the local food market.

Whitney Pipkin Food and Agriculture

Comparing notes: New website lets student farmers connect, share resources

With the launch of Campus Farmers, students growing food at schools across the country have a way to support and encourage each other.

Claire Thompson Food and Agriculture

With Real Food Calculator, students take Prop 37 into their own hands

College students can use the calculator's results to challenge their schools to commit to more just and sustainable purchasing.

Hannah Wolfe & Katie Blanchard Food

2012 has been the hottest year ever in the United States

So far in 2012, the average temperature has been 3.4 degrees above average, and 1.1 degrees above the previous warmest year ever. Also, the drought continues.

Philip Bump Climate & Energy

Climate change and overfishing hurt our cutest, tiniest fish

Sardines and other forage fish are struggling. Is it climate change, plankton decline, overfishing -- or all of the above?