Climate Food and Agriculture
All Stories
-
![woman selling at farmers market]()
![woman selling at farmers market]()
Thousands more farmers markets will soon take food stamps
The U.S. Department of Agriculture just announced a plan to add as many as 4,000 EBT machines to farmers markets in an effort to help low-income people eat healthier.
-
![]()
![]()
Born to bee wild: How feral pollinators may help prevent colony collapse disorder
Some scientists believe that crossbreeding with wild bees may be key to preserving the domestic honeybee. But will anyone pay attention in time?
-
![]()
![]()
Do the feds care about antibiotics in animal feed?
Did you know ethanol producers use antibiotics to control the fermentation process? Then those drugs end up in the grain by-products we're feeding to livestock and dairy cows? We asked the FDA if they have any plans to put a stop to that pattern. Their answer: not any time soon.
-
![]()
![]()
‘Bitter Seeds’ documentary reveals tragic toll of GMOs in India
A new film offers an intimate look at the lives of farmers who become so mired in debt growing genetically modified seed they take their own lives.
-
![]()
![]()
Locavore brew: Tapping into beer’s agricultural roots
What happens when small batch brewers discover the farm-to-table movement and run with it?
-
![]()
![]()
Will this Farm Bill do enough for young farmers?
By the time the next Farm Bill expires in five years, 125,000 American farmers will have retired. This fact may well be the biggest threat to national food security, but you wouldn’t know it if you’ve been following this year’s Farm Bill hearings.
-
![]()
![]()
Co-operative farming from El Salvador to Kentucky [VIDEO]
Meet a farmer who's brought the co-operative farming method from his home in El Salvador to Louisville, Ky., where he coordinates a large urban farm.
-
![]()
![]()
Cure and simple: How to make your own bacon and charcuterie
Want to learn how to preserve that local pasture-raised meat? These recipes for homemade bacon and green chile chicken sausages should get you hooked.
-
![]()
![]()
Science says: Cut that steak in half to keep the climate in check
In their continuing efforts to go beyond CO2, some scientists have been looking seriously at the impact of nitrous oxide on the climate, and results point to a very familiar refrain: Eat more plants, less meat.
-
![]()
![]()
Southern discomfort: Tracing a region’s history through its food
What do food and farming have to do with race and culture? This food historian says plenty.
