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This pig’s bacon was delicious. But she’s alive and well.
A company called Mission Barns is cultivating pork fat in bioreactors and turning it into meatballs and other products. Honestly, they're pretty darn good.
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How the shutdown broke America’s food chain — and what happens next
Cash-strapped farmers, gaps in the public safety net, and food inspection backlogs could reshape who eats what in the years to come.
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![A group of men and women in traditional Indigenous dress stand outside the United Nations climate summit in Brazil]()
![A group of men and women in traditional Indigenous dress stand outside the United Nations climate summit in Brazil]()
COP30 has big plans to save the rainforest. Indigenous activists say it’s not enough.
“We need the government to recognize our climate authority and our role as guardians of biodiversity.”
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How urban farms can make cities more livable and help feed America
Metropolitan gardens and farms are extraordinarily powerful tools that can improve food security, lower temperatures, and create invaluable gathering spaces.
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![A rural neighborhood with flood and destroyed homes and greenhouses in St. Elizabeth parish, Jamaica after Hurricane Melissa]()
![A rural neighborhood with flood and destroyed homes and greenhouses in St. Elizabeth parish, Jamaica after Hurricane Melissa]()
What will it take to rebuild Jamaica’s food system after Hurricane Melissa?
For farmers in the nation’s breadbasket, surviving this storm is no guarantee against the next one.
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With SNAP in crisis, America’s epic food waste problem has become a lifeline
The U.S. throws away enough food to help tackle its hunger problem. The government shutdown is proving it.
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The government froze food aid. Tribes are thawing old traditions.
Decades of work to rebuild traditional food systems are paying off, but droughts and funding cuts threaten to unravel the progress.
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For a struggling Iowa ranch, the government shutdown may be the last straw
A family farm’s fight to recover from a devastating flood shows how the gridlock in Washington is only making it harder to grow and sell food.
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Small farmers are more squeezed than ever. A California grant program offers a lifeline.
A recent report shows that the state’s farm-to-school grant program has been effective at supporting economically disadvantaged farmers in the face of mounting federal cuts.
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![digital collage of five stalks of wheat and wheat seeds with a square image of green healthy wheat and a square image of cracked, dry soil]()
The ‘Green Revolution’ transformed global agriculture. Now it’s adapting to climate change.
The same techniques that fed the exploding global population of the 20th century are being used to adapt agriculture to one of the most serious threats of the 21st.
