Climate Food and Agriculture
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Farming flicks help teach ag skills where they’re really needed
Information wants to be free, but spreading information to small farmers is expensive. This nonprofit has a plan to change that.
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When they’re not busy weaving leaves, these ants make great insecticides
Ants can work together to fight pests that prey on crops. But can we learn to work with them?
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Can supermarkets supplement failing schools?
A new study looks at how grocery stores in low-income communities can be extensions of the preschool classroom.
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Forget insecticides. Scientists are making pests that destroy themselves
Moths genetically engineered to die young could save your slaw.
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This is a story about weed and hoes
Now that weeds can stand up to herbicides, farmers have to uproot them the old-fashioned way: with garden tools.
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Here’s a solution for those out-of-control toxic algae blooms
A coalition of agribusinesses, farmers, and food companies may be the thing to stop toxic algal blooms
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![An Indian farmer walks with his hungry cow through a parched paddy field in Agartala, India, 2005.]()
The hungry dystopia of climate change
Worldwide hunger and food panics are now a real possibility. Thanks, climate change!
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There’s a new sustainable ag technique in town, and it’s cleaning up
With the right "push-pull" planting combos, African farmers can ward off pests, fertilize crops, feed animals, and even withstand drought.
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Study finds a link between neonic pesticides and honeybee deaths
In the U.K., scientists find one variety of the widely used seed-coating pesticide can harm domestic honeybees -- more cause for a cautious approach.
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Which method of raising cows is the most climate-friendly?
A new study compares the global warming potential of different beef production practices.
