Climate Food and Agriculture
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![RFK Jr. and Brooke Rollins hold up ice cream cones]()
![RFK Jr. and Brooke Rollins hold up ice cream cones]()
How climate change is fueling your sugar addiction
Rising temperatures are feeding America's sweet tooth — and creating a new public health challenge in the process.
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![A farmer holds a handful of biochar in his soot-covered hands.]()
![A farmer holds a handful of biochar in his soot-covered hands.]()
This new machine churns out carbon-storing biochar on the cheap
A worker-owned cooperative is deploying PyroTowers to produce biochar, which helps farmers in the developing world improve their yields.
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![a farmworker in a blue hoodie carries a bucket of tomatoes on their shoulder as they walk through a row of crops]()
![a farmworker in a blue hoodie carries a bucket of tomatoes on their shoulder as they walk through a row of crops]()
Farmworkers already face harsh conditions. Now they may have to deal with a pay cut.
Hard-line immigration policy, climate change, and labor shortages are colliding to create a real problem for U.S. farms.
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![Photo of Michael Grunwald beside the book cover for We Are Eating the Earth]()
![Photo of Michael Grunwald beside the book cover for We Are Eating the Earth]()
How do we feed billions without wrecking the planet? A Q&A about our food systems.
From fermented fungi to gene-edited pesticides, Michael Grunwald explores innovative solutions to boost food production while protecting the planet in his latest book.
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![An illustration of a group of people cooking a communal meal inside a rectangular vignette. Outside of the rectangle, storm-damaged houses and crops show hurricane destruction. Above, dark clouds hover over everything.]()
![An illustration of a group of people cooking a communal meal inside a rectangular vignette. Outside of the rectangle, storm-damaged houses and crops show hurricane destruction. Above, dark clouds hover over everything.]()
Puerto Ricans are devising the food system of tomorrow
Following a history of disinvestment and destructive climate disasters, communities across the archipelago are developing living blueprints of food sovereignty.
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![a fast-food worker tends to chicken pieces roasting on a grill in an El Pollo Loco restaurant]()
![a fast-food worker tends to chicken pieces roasting on a grill in an El Pollo Loco restaurant]()
Workers are facing dangerous heat — even inside fast-food restaurants
Rising temperatures and chronically broken cooling systems are turning the lunch rush into a deadly risk for some workers.
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![U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins speaks at podium]()
![U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins speaks at podium]()
Inside the program cuts, workforce purges, and secretive reorganization of the USDA
As the Trump administration shrinks the Department of Agriculture, rural farming communities are left to pay the price.
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Factory farms don’t just stink — they make it harder to breathe, too
New maps show that where animal feeding operations exist, higher percentages of Latino and uninsured residents also live.
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![men pack up boxes of food for a food bank]()
![men pack up boxes of food for a food bank]()
Food banks have long prevented emissions. Now they’re getting into the carbon credit business.
To stay afloat, food banks in the Global South are considering selling controversial offsets for revenue.
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![A man gathers vegetables from a grow house at night]()
![A man gathers vegetables from a grow house at night]()
Following the USDA’s food and farm funding: Here’s what’s been canceled and frozen, and resources for those affected
Your guide to federal funding cuts, plus resources for farmers and food businesses seeking support and solutions.
