agriculture
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Do we really need to double food production by 2050? Actually … no.
What we need is a new food system that keeps people fed and ecosystems healthy.
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Mexico’s climate migrants are already coming to the United States
Worldwide, populations are being reshuffled on a massive scale.
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Can capitalism, conservation, and cosmopolitanism coexist? Here’s what I learned.
Evidence suggests that there is not just a moral, but a practical imperative to fight poverty.
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Costa Rica modernized without wrecking the environment. Here’s how.
Not every route to prosperity involves trashing the planet.
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China’s $450 billion farm plan could determine our fate
That’s a lot of scratch.
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How do we get off fossil fuels when we’ve always feared change?
People generally oppose anything that feels too new, which is a problem in a world that needs a lot of innovation.
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Severe drought in India pushed thousands of farmers to suicide
Why was this drought worse than others? Blame climate change and modernization.
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Lesbian farmers are taking over the country, if you believe Rush Limbaugh
The frothy-mouthed radio personality painted a dystopian picture of our agricultural future on his show last week. (Actually, it sounds OK.)
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A Tea Party conservative just lost to a Trump supporter, because farm subsidies
Tim Huelskamp’s loss in Kansas has big implications for the farm bill, and the conservative movement.