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.
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Climate change: The elephant in the dining room
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.
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U.N.: Global hunger not as bad as we thought, but it’s still bad
And with the advent of climate change, it's not going to get better any time soon.
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Brewmaster makes beer out of yeast harvested from his beard
A brewmaster in Oregon discovers that the yeast in his beard is no different from other yeast. Then he decides to use it to make beer. Then he gives it a gross name? Sadly, if someone handed us a cold one, we would drink it.
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Back from the dead: MacArthur genius wants to keep runoff out of the Gulf
Marine ecologist Nancy Rabalais has spent 30 years studying the Gulf of Mexico "dead zone" -- a human-made disaster caused in large part by industrial agriculture. Here's what she wants you to know.
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Chickens raised in New York backyards lay polluted eggs
Which absolutely should not surprise you.
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PSA: Drinking liquid nitrogen is a bad idea
“Duh,” you say? Tell that to a British teen who just had to have her stomach removed.
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Hardcore pumpkin: Should I buy an organic jack-o’-lantern?
As mountains of cheap, industrially grown carving pumpkins beckon, what is a conscious, holiday-loving girl to do?
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GMOs, pesticides, and the new scientific deadlock
A new study says GMO crops have led farmers to use 400 million more pounds of pesticide than they would have otherwise. Here's how to interpret the science -- and the critique.
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Cap-and-spade: Will California’s carbon market dollars go to organic farms?
As California enters the world of cap-and-trade, sustainable farms are in line to receive dollars that will come straight from oil and gas companies.
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A ‘radical homemaker’ shares her secret to greener, more affordable meat eating
With her new book "Long Way on a Little," the author of "Radical Homemakers" talks about how to use the bones, fat, and extra parts of grass-fed animals to make them last.
