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The USDA tells farmers to decrease their risk by diversifying their crops. But when subsidies make corn so profitable, it's an uphill battle to change planting habits.
“Dark and cold we may be, but this Is no winter now. The frozen misery Of centuries breaks, cracks, begins...
Most U.S. urbanites live near parks -- but do they have enough "greenness" in their lives? The new website City Nature shows the disparities between rich and poor.
Byron Hurt's film aims to "speak directly to an African American audience" in ways that other food films haven't.
There's a glut of natural gas in the U.S., so producers are looking to export overseas.
High temperatures hamper economic growth in poor countries but not in rich countries. That does not make for a good political dynamic.
A letter from our northern neighbors on the tar sands, Keystone XL, and creating a clean energy economy.
A USDA report predicts tough times ahead for U.S. agriculture. Meanwhile, many farmers don't see climate change as a problem.
Obama has named immigration reform a top priority in his next term. But big farmers and farmworkers have very different ideas about how that reform should look.
