Climate Food and Agriculture
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![Illustration of cricket sitting atop a dog biscuit against a light blue background]()
![Illustration of cricket sitting atop a dog biscuit against a light blue background]()
Pets eat a lot of meat. Insects could lower their carbon pawprint.
A Q&A with Anne Carlson, the founder and CEO of Jiminy’s, on bringing insect-based dog food to the U.S.
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![Collage of hand holding camas, prairie grass, people working on restoration]()
![Collage of hand holding camas, prairie grass, people working on restoration]()
Fields of Blue
One tribe's efforts to revive the native camas plant, and the ecosystems, knowledge, and sovereignty that once flourished around it.
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![Illustration of 8 food items, including spirulina, camas, lionfish, wheat, collard greens, pawpaw, cricket, and cheese]()
![Illustration of 8 food items, including spirulina, camas, lionfish, wheat, collard greens, pawpaw, cricket, and cheese]()
The Climate Future Cookbook
For a climate-resilient world, here’s what’s on the table.
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![a woman pets a dog near a low river with lots of dead dry grass]()
![a woman pets a dog near a low river with lots of dead dry grass]()
Why drought looks different depending on your region
The Northeast's 'flash drought' is a reminder that dryness isn't just a U.S. West problem.
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![Collage: State of Wisconsin, Lake Superior, and Lake Michigan, with an algal bloom, sea lamprey, zebra mussels, a perch fish on top of red and white checked paper, and a blinking neon sign in the shape of a fish that reads]()
![Collage: State of Wisconsin, Lake Superior, and Lake Michigan, with an algal bloom, sea lamprey, zebra mussels, a perch fish on top of red and white checked paper, and a blinking neon sign in the shape of a fish that reads]()
Friday night fish frys define Wisconsin. What happens when climate change adjusts the menu?
How do you keep a culinary tradition alive on a warming planet?
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![blue pipes with red turner valves stretch across the ground and into the sunset]()
![blue pipes with red turner valves stretch across the ground and into the sunset]()
Pipe dreams: Why far-fetched Western water projects won’t go away
There are at least half a dozen major Western water pipeline projects under consideration, ranging from ambitious to outlandish.
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![Collage: an open mouth surrounded by leaves, chopsticks, plates with leafy greens on them, plants growing up from cracks in sidewalks, and a wok with a pile of leaves inside it]()
![Collage: an open mouth surrounded by leaves, chopsticks, plates with leafy greens on them, plants growing up from cracks in sidewalks, and a wok with a pile of leaves inside it]()
How foraging for edible plants helped me connect with my roots
What started as foraging for mugwort in New York City became a new way to think about migration and belonging.
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![red and green cherry tomatoes grow on bamboo poles in front of a block of apartment buildings]()
![red and green cherry tomatoes grow on bamboo poles in front of a block of apartment buildings]()
Study: Tomatoes grown in lead-contaminated soil appear safe to eat
It's good news for tomato lovers, mixed for urban gardeners.
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![A droopy stalk of wheat silhouetted in the sunset.]()
![A droopy stalk of wheat silhouetted in the sunset.]()
Heatflation: How sizzling temperatures drive up food prices
As heat waves strike Europe and China, crops are withering.
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Toxic algal blooms are driving up water costs in the Great Lakes
In Toledo, Ohio, monitoring and treating algae-contaminated water from Lake Erie costs $100 per family per year.
