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![A dry irrigation canal runs between almond orchards in Chowchilla, California. The state's landmark groundwater law will force farmers to fallow tens of thousands of acres.]()
![A dry irrigation canal runs between almond orchards in Chowchilla, California. The state's landmark groundwater law will force farmers to fallow tens of thousands of acres.]()
In a first, California cracks down on farms guzzling groundwater
Regulators just imposed unprecedented fees on water usage in the state's agricultural heartland.
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![Cup of coffee with ceramic pourover surrounded by chickpeas, date and date seeds, and chicory root]()
![Cup of coffee with ceramic pourover surrounded by chickpeas, date and date seeds, and chicory root]()
The best coffee for the planet might not be coffee at all
Climate change is coming for your morning joe. Startups are betting that substitutes made out of date seeds and chickpeas are the answer.
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![An illustration of a cow with sprigs of tall grass placed over it]()
![An illustration of a cow with sprigs of tall grass placed over it]()
This grass has toxic effects on US livestock, and it’s spreading
A toxic grass that threatens a quarter of U.S. cows is spreading. Can it be stopped?
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![Photo of dry sunflowers wilting]()
![Photo of dry sunflowers wilting]()
Extreme heat drives up food prices. Just how bad will it get?
New research shows that climate change is already fueling heatflation, with worse to come.
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![Dairy cattle feed in a row at a farm]()
![Dairy cattle feed in a row at a farm]()
Is the USDA’s spending on ‘climate-smart’ farming actually helping the climate?
A new report asks whether supposedly green livestock practices have proven benefits.
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![A man in a blue shirt and red hat stands in a field with grasses and some small trees. He is pointing toward the tree line beyond the clearing.]()
![A man in a blue shirt and red hat stands in a field with grasses and some small trees. He is pointing toward the tree line beyond the clearing.]()
Who’s behind the destruction of Brazil’s Cerrado?
Some of the world's largest pension funds bet big on Brazilian farmland. Communities, and the climate, are paying the price.
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![Tractors and burning piles of burning agricultural waste block a highway during a farmers protest in Spain]()
![Tractors and burning piles of burning agricultural waste block a highway during a farmers protest in Spain]()
What Europe’s egg-hurling farmers can teach us about climate progress
EU officials had big plans to slash emissions from farming. Then the protests started.
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![Driftwood logs sit along the shoreline of Upper Klamath Lake]()
![Driftwood logs sit along the shoreline of Upper Klamath Lake]()
As the Klamath River dries, tribal nations and farmers come to rare agreement
“What’s at stake is our very livelihood, our culture, our identities, our way of life."
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![Volunteers harvest fruit from native plants in a roundabout]()
![Volunteers harvest fruit from native plants in a roundabout]()
Hot? Hungry? Step inside these food forests.
In cities like Tucson, Arizona, neighbors are planting trees to provide shade — and food.
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![Trawl fishermen empty a net full of fish onto the deck of a boat]()
![Trawl fishermen empty a net full of fish onto the deck of a boat]()
Bottom trawling shreds the seafloor. It may also be a huge source of carbon emissions.
Dragging nets along the ocean bed wrecks marine life, but researchers can’t agree on how bad it is for the climate.
