Climate Food and Agriculture
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EDITOR’S NOTE
Grist has acquired the archive and brand assets of The Counter, a decorated nonprofit food and agriculture publication that we long admired, but that sadly ceased publishing in May of 2022.
The Counter had hit on a rich vein to report on, and we’re excited to not only ensure the work of the staffers and contractors of that publication is available for posterity, but to build on it. So we’re relaunching The Counter as a food and agriculture vertical within Grist, continuing their smart and provocative reporting on food systems, specifically where it intersects with climate and environmental issues. We’ve also hired two amazing new reporters to make our plan a reality.
Being back on the food and agriculture beat in a big way is critical to Grist’s mission to lead the conversation, highlight climate solutions, and uncover environmental injustices. What we eat and how it’s produced is one of the easiest entry points into the wider climate conversation. And from this point of view, climate change literally transforms into a kitchen table issue.
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The people who feed America are going hungry
Climate change is escalating a national crisis, leaving farmworkers with empty plates and mounting costs.
Latest Articles
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Here’s how much cropland could be freed up if Americans ate half as much meat
A national flexitarian diet would reduce the amount of U.S. farmland by roughly the size of South Dakota.
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How can you tell if soil is healthy? Just listen to it.
First-of-its-kind research shows how "ecoacoustics" can help scientists monitor the health of soils — using underground critter concerts.
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Vegan cheese that tastes like cheese? These startups may have cracked the code.
Next-generation cheese makers are using precision fermentation and AI to pursue the final frontier in plant-based foods.
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![Farmers hoeing between diagonal rows of broccoli.]()
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Farmworker advocates celebrate rare EPA ban of toxic pesticide
The immediate suspension of DCPA will spare workers' children "lifelong harm."
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‘Una cuestión de vida o muerte’: Cómo la respuesta ante desastres pone en peligro a los trabajadores agrícolas de EE. UU.
En una exclusiva de Grist, un nuevo reporte concluye que los vacíos en la información terminan poniendo a las comunidades vulnerables aún en mayor riesgo.
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‘A matter of life and death’: How disaster response endangers US farmworkers
In a Grist exclusive, a new report finds that data gaps end up putting vulnerable communities at even more risk.
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Plants and their pollinators are increasingly out of sync
As global temperatures rise and seasons shift, bees and other pollinators are missing critical connections with flowers and crops.
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One in 11 people went hungry last year. Climate change is a big reason why.
Hunger and food insecurity are no longer merely benchmarks of public health. They are symptoms of a warming world.
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Can Florida’s orange growers survive another hurricane season?
A perfect storm of hurricanes, diseases, and water scarcity threatens to wipe out the state's famed citrus industry.
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Plant-based meat needs government support to scale up, but a culture war stands in the way
Public funding helped electric vehicles go mainstream. Are alternative proteins next — or are they too polarizing?
