Climate Food and Agriculture
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![Cotton fields near the town of Ralls, about 30 miles east of Lubbock, on June 22.]()
![Cotton fields near the town of Ralls, about 30 miles east of Lubbock, on June 22.]()
West Texas farmers and ranchers fear the worst as drought, heat near 2011 records
2011 was the driest year on record for Texas, causing an estimated cost of $7.62 billion in crop and livestock losses. A dry and hot June has many sounding alarm bells about 2022.
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As North Carolina warms, one farm is turning to a tropical crop: Taro
It’s part of a larger effort to make the food system more resilient to climate change — and more delicious.
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![A front facing portrait of Kaipo Kekona, an Indigenous Hawaiian farmer.]()
![A front facing portrait of Kaipo Kekona, an Indigenous Hawaiian farmer.]()
The farmers restoring Hawaii’s ancient food forests that once fed an island
Maui is a hub for GMO research, but Indigenous farmers are trying to bring back the abundant and thriving landscapes of their ancestors.
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![A passenger plane approaching Hannover Airport flies over a canola field.]()
![A passenger plane approaching Hannover Airport flies over a canola field.]()
Pollen and heat: A looming challenge for global agriculture
Farmers and scientists are increasingly observing that unusually high springtime temperatures can kill pollen and interfere with the fertilization of crops.
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![animated gif of pacman and trash can eating ugly vegetables]()
![animated gif of pacman and trash can eating ugly vegetables]()
The ugly produce industry faces an ugly question. Now it’s trying to solve it.
How do you really know those veggies would have gone to waste?
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![Josh Davy prepares to feed hay to a herdo of cattle at a ranch near Red Bluff on April 25, 2022.]()
![Josh Davy prepares to feed hay to a herdo of cattle at a ranch near Red Bluff on April 25, 2022.]()
‘Everyone loses’: California’s Sacramento Valley struggles to survive unprecedented water cuts
Protected for decades by their water rights, grower are suffering for the first time during this record-breaking drought. Wildlife refuges are struggling, too.
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![A farmer in Los Banos, California]()
![A farmer in Los Banos, California]()
In an era of drought, an obscure water contract is pitting California farmers against each other
The so-called “exchange contract” has created a surreal split-screen effect: One group of farmers has ample water. Another has almost none.
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![cutout of corn with green mold growing on it on dirty looking beige background]()
![cutout of corn with green mold growing on it on dirty looking beige background]()
New study: Climate change will spread toxic mold to Midwest corn
Aflatoxin, a chemical produced by infectious mold, could be coming to the Corn Belt.
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![collage of cows, money, and a cloud of methane gas]()
![collage of cows, money, and a cloud of methane gas]()
Is California giving its methane digesters too much credit?
“California is treating factory farm gas systems at dairy farms like they are devices that suck carbon from the air.”
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When wheat never dies
Could commercially viable and tasty perennial crops like Kernza be regenerative agriculture's holy grail?
