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The Chesapeake Bay: Another possible casualty of this year’s farm bill

Will farm conservation in the nation's largest estuary be killed in this year's fraught farm bill negotiations? Farmers and green groups hope not.

Whitney Pipkin Uncategorized August 29, 2012

World in Serious Trouble on Food Front

In the early spring of 2012, U.S. farmers were on their way to planting some 96 million acres in corn,...

Lester Brown Uncategorized July 24, 2012

Good news: The EPA isn’t watching you with drones

But surely they're up to no good somehow, probably. Stay tuned to Fox News to learn how.

Philip Bump Politics June 18, 2012

Could ‘peer progressives’ turn the climate around?

In his new book, "Future Perfect," Steven Johnson finds inspiration in internet-style collaboration. But what about the planet?

Wen Stephenson Climate & Energy December 14, 2012

The worst onshore oil spill in American history didn’t have to happen

The actions of the owner of a pipeline that dumped a million gallons of tar-sands oil into the Kalamazoo River made a bad situation worse.

Philip Bump Energy July 10, 2012

How’s the weather, America? Aug. 6 edition

In which we lament the sorry state of our nation and then look at a cute animal video, per usual.

Philip Bump Uncategorized August 6, 2012

Keeping farm animals alive in a freezing Nebraska winter

Don’t let the Arctic look fool you — Thistle Root Farm is a beehive of activity. Photo: Steph LarsenSparkling snow...

Steph Larsen Food and Agriculture February 10, 2011

Meatifest destiny: How Big Meat is taking over the Midwest

With more factory farms, bigger meat processing facilities, and growing numbers of immigrant workers, it looks like Cargill and Co. might be priming the Midwest to produce meat for the world.

Twilight Greenaway Food and Agriculture June 25, 2012

Rancher sticks up for animals in factory farm country

Farmer and strongman Kevin Fulton has taken on the admirable if unenviable task of bridging conventional agriculture and animal rights.

Twilight Greenaway Food and Agriculture March 8, 2012

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