Climate Food and Agriculture
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California dairy farmers are going nuts for almonds, but at what cost?
This cash crop is keeping some farmers on the land, but the almond boom offers no long-term promise of security.
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The drought is destroying California’s organic dairy farms
For 20 years, organics have provided a future for a dying industry. Dry times are changing that.
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Beer: a magical mixture of hops, barley, and tiny pieces of plastic
Researchers took a microscope to a bunch of German beer. What they found will ruin your whole day.
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Want to feed people? Come hang out
On Thursday, Sept. 11, Grist's food writer will be hosting a discussion about providing food to people who need it and supporting local farms.
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These ice cream makers aren’t down with vanilla’s brand new invention
Companies like Häagen-Dazs and Straus Family Creamery won't be using vanilla made via synthetic biology.
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Nutrition, the environment, and poverty: Let’s talk!
Double Up Food Bucks is one idea that's working to get better food onto the plates of the people who most need it. Come talk with us and the people behind it.
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These old barns are good for more than reclaimed wood and weddings
Around the country, classic, crumbling farm buildings are being spruced up and put back to work by a new generation of sustainable farmers.
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Invasion of the corn snatchers
In Connecticut, thieves are coming in the dead of night for the stalks of small farmers.
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How can we stop the world from having too many babies? Feed more people
If we aim to slow the rocketing population graph, all the evidence points in the same direction: prosperity cuts the birth rate, which will spare the planet.
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Weed could be resistant to GMO labeling in Colorado
Colorado is gearing up for a ballot fight on labeling genetically engineered food products. It looks like the initiative doesn't give cannabis a pass.
