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![digital collage of three people on a beach walking away from the camera with a setting sun and seaweed border]()
![digital collage of three people on a beach walking away from the camera with a setting sun and seaweed border]()
Seaweed brought fishers, farmers, and scientists together. Trump tore them apart.
A Puget Sound project turned seaweed from a nuisance into a “climate-smart commodity.” That inserted it into the president’s culture wars.
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![Two cows sit in the background of two huge solar panels in a field]()
![Two cows sit in the background of two huge solar panels in a field]()
USDA abruptly cancels rural energy grant application window
It’s the latest setback for the longstanding REAP program, casting uncertainty over the future of a resource that helps farmers save on energy and install solar.
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![A volunteer displays a sign for free food for people in need of relief on July 06, 2025 in Center Point, Texas.]()
![A volunteer displays a sign for free food for people in need of relief on July 06, 2025 in Center Point, Texas.]()
Texas food banks are rationing meals for flood survivors because of Trump’s cuts
The July 4th flooding has become the first major disaster to expose the grave effects of Trump’s new food and hunger policies.
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![A woman holds crop that was lost due to the lack of water in a Chinampa or floating garden, in San Gregorio Atlapulco, on the outskirts of Mexico City, Mexico on May 23, 2024.]()
![A woman holds crop that was lost due to the lack of water in a Chinampa or floating garden, in San Gregorio Atlapulco, on the outskirts of Mexico City, Mexico on May 23, 2024.]()
Drought is draining water supplies and driving up food costs where you’d least expect
From Mexico City to the Mekong Delta, increasingly severe droughts caused by climate change are laying waste to ecosystems and economies everywhere.
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![photograph of a wet road with the dome of the Capitol building reflected upside down in a puddle]()
![photograph of a wet road with the dome of the Capitol building reflected upside down in a puddle]()
Trump’s tax bill could be a major win for Big Ag. Everyone else? Not so much.
The bill, which just passed Congress, is a bailout for commodity growers and leaves small farmers — and U.S. consumers — out to dry.
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![sun shines through stalks of barley]()
![sun shines through stalks of barley]()
What does climate change mean for agriculture? Less food and more emissions.
New research sheds light on how rising temperatures are squeezing farmers and raising prices for consumers.
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![a flock of sheep graze in front of a large array of solar panels]()
![a flock of sheep graze in front of a large array of solar panels]()
In Georgia, sheep on a solar farm is not a baaad idea
We're losing vital agricultural land. But is solar the main culprit?
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![firefighter with their back to camera sprays foam on giant redwood tree with smoke surrounding it]()
![firefighter with their back to camera sprays foam on giant redwood tree with smoke surrounding it]()
Firefighting foams contain toxic PFAS. Could soybeans be the answer?
The surprising "win-win" for farmers and fire departments.
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![several pieces of lab-grown salmon plated on a large white plate]()
![several pieces of lab-grown salmon plated on a large white plate]()
Want to try lab-grown salmon? The US just approved it.
Despite a growing number of state bans, advocates of cultivated seafood say it can protect waterways from overfishing.
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![digital collage of world map with 3 photo cutouts of different foods with arrows drawn on top]()
![digital collage of world map with 3 photo cutouts of different foods with arrows drawn on top]()
A new app details where your food comes from — and just how fragile the global food system really is
A “first of its kind" tool could help untangle the complex global web of food supply chains and make it more resilient to climate shocks.
