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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![A vegan kale Caesar salad dropped with croutons and shaved and grated vegan cheese sits on a plate on a wire rack.]()
![A vegan kale Caesar salad dropped with croutons and shaved and grated vegan cheese sits on a plate on a wire rack.]()
No Parm, no problem: How modern chefs are veganizing the Caesar salad
On its 100th birthday, the Caesar is still king of salads — even without the cheese, anchovies, and egg.
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![Seven men in suits and two women in pantsuits walk in the same direction across some gray cobblestones with seven world flags behind them]()
Food’s climate footprint was once again MIA at global talks
At the G7 summit and Bonn climate conference, world leaders failed to discuss "the cow in the room."
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![Sheep graze on grass under a series of solar panels.]()
Farmers who graze sheep under solar panels say it improves productivity. So why don’t we do it more?
Allowing livestock to graze under renewable developments gives farmers a separate income stream, but solar developers in Australia have been slow to catch on.
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![A ship approaches several large ring-like structures used for fish farming in the middle of a blue body of water]()
The world is farming more seafood than it catches. Is that a good thing?
Both aquaculture and fisheries have environmental and climate impacts — and they overlap more than you'd think.
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Heat waves are making restaurant kitchens unsafe. Workers are fighting back.
As climate change makes summers hotter, restaurant employees are walking out and unionizing.
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How forecasts of bad weather can drive up your grocery bill
Economists are seeing a growing link between isolated climate shocks and supply chain disruptions that lead to higher food costs.
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![Three glass bottles, one of which holds red bubbles, attached to hoses sit on a windowsill.]()
Cattle are a major source of greenhouse gas emissions. Hawaiian seaweed could change that.
Local businesses in Hawai’i are getting big funding boosts to help make farmed algae part of the solution in addressing the amount of methane cattle produce.
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Why a new method of growing food on Mars matters more on Earth
Turns out growing crops on the Red Planet is a lot like growing food on a climate-ravaged Earth.
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Cicadas à la carte? Here’s why it’s so hard to get Americans to eat bugs.
Edible insects could decarbonize America's food system. But lobbyists, conspiracy theories, and your "ick" factor stand in the way.
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This enzyme is responsible for life on Earth. It’s a hot mess.
And it’s getting worse with extreme heat.
