Climate Food and Agriculture
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California: Stop medicating animals! Animal ag industry: Cool
California's tight new restrictions on antibiotic use for farm animals aren't upsetting farmers the way you'd have expected a few years ago.
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Too many apples? Here’s what to do with them (Hint: It’s not pie)
This fall season, fall in love with savory apple flatbread.
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Check out the finalists of this biomimicry invention contest
In this competition based on biomimicry, new ideas for improving the food system draw inspiration from earthworms, ants, and mangrove trees.
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This tractor runs on BS — but it’s the real, eco-friendly deal
Meet the world’s first methane-fueled tractor.
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Good news: Global health is actually improving. Huzzah, civilization!
The latest data shows we've made impressive strides on human life expectancy around the world.
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Ranchers with ties to the biofuel industry attack Brazilian tribe members
The Guarani people -- the largest indigenous group in Brazil -- are all too familiar with the destructive side of sugarcane ethanol.
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Pumpkin beer brings summer’s end ahead of schedule. Thanks, climate change
An Oregon heatwave gave us ripe pumpkins in mid-August.
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A class action lawsuit against Chipotle says the chain is lying to diners about GMOs
The lawsuit against Chipotle is so crazy it just might work. But probably not.
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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?