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![A restaurant worker empties out a bucket of food scraps into a trash can]()
![A restaurant worker empties out a bucket of food scraps into a trash can]()
The US wants to cut food waste in half. We’re not even close.
Americans waste more than 300 pounds of food per person per year, study says.
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A secret weapon in agriculture’s climate fight: Ants
Ants — yes, ants — could protect apples, nuts, cocoa, and other beloved crops from disease and climate change.
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Three-quarters of the world’s land is drying out, ‘redefining life on Earth’
Climate change has made great swaths of the planet drier and soils saltier, jeopardizing food production and water access for billions.
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![An aluminum single-serve coffee pod against a black and blue background]()
![An aluminum single-serve coffee pod against a black and blue background]()
Why it’s so hard to create a truly recyclable Keurig coffee pod
A company is betting on aluminum to solve K-cups’ sustainability problem. But experts say it’s complicated.
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Climate takes its toll on the ‘cherry capital of the world’
The erratic weather adding to the troubles of Michigan's cherry growers is impacting farmers everywhere.
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![An illustration of three people -- a woman with goats, a person with suspenders and a sun hat, and a woman in a blue dress near yellow plants -- under a darkening sky with moon and sunset]()
![An illustration of three people -- a woman with goats, a person with suspenders and a sun hat, and a woman in a blue dress near yellow plants -- under a darkening sky with moon and sunset]()
Extreme heat is forcing farmers to work overnight, an adaptation that comes with a cost
Farmers and fisherfolk across the world are shifting into nighttime work to escape perilous heat.
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![metal rings float on a sparkling blue sea, they are cages for a fish farm]()
![metal rings float on a sparkling blue sea, they are cages for a fish farm]()
How Trump could bring fish farms to the Gulf of Mexico
"If we care about climate change, we shouldn't have them in our oceans."
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Don’t blame Biden for inflation. Blame the climate.
Inflation was a defining issue in the presidential election. Here's how climate change is making everything more expensive.
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![Rows of corn and native grasses near wetlands]()
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Protection of wetlands could come down to farmers, says a new report
Industrial agriculture in the Upper Midwest has been a driving force behind wetland loss. The farm bill might hold a solution.
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![Senator Debbie Stabenow speaks with an aide before a committee meeting]()
![Senator Debbie Stabenow speaks with an aide before a committee meeting]()
The Senate’s new farm bill would prioritize the climate. Too bad it’s basically doomed.
Democrats and Republicans can't seem to agree over what belongs in the nation's leading agricultural policy.
