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There's new evidence that antibiotics in livestock are impacting our health -- and there are new proposed laws to control them. Here's everything you need to know.
After diagnosing what went wrong on cap-and-trade, political scientist Theda Skocpol suggests one way to proceed. It's not a very good one -- so here's an alternative.
Which absolutely should not surprise you.
Companies like Monsanto and Syngenta want farmers to think of drought-tolerant seeds as an insurance policy against hot, dry weather. But for farmers who don't take care of the soil, these seeds look like a gamble.
Food security expert David Lobell says climate change is already throwing our food systems for a loop. To survive the coming decades, he says, we’re going to need all the tools at our disposal.
A recent federal report on GMO contamination highlights the growing chasm between industrial and sustainable farmers.
Well, that last part isn't true.
The most effective predictor of who would be spared the worst impacts: elevation.
A recent study found that people living near CAFOs experience stress-related blood pressure spikes when farm odors are at their worst.