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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Cinnabon pizzas exist, and these guys ate one
As long as we’re having hot dog pizzas and cheeseburger pizzas, why not put pizza on everything? Why not go mad? We could have pizza coffee and pizza ice cream and pizza s’mores and pizza Cinnabons! Ha ha ha ha ha oh wait that last one actually exists. Cinnabon is only rolling out these personal […]
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Chick magnet: Why starting a poultry farm is like starting a band (but harder)
Despite grain price spikes and impossible hours, the trio of young farmers raising heritage chickens at Dinner Bell Farm is in it for the long haul.
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Here’s your chance to drink beer with Obama! Sort of.
The White House promises to release its beer recipe if an online petition gets 25,000 signatures.
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California meat company shut down for abusing cows
Fair warning: There are no graphic images or videos, but even the language here is disconcerting.
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Don’t toss your cookies: Curbing the crisis of food waste
Almost half the food in the U.S. goes uneaten, and every part of the supply chain is to blame -- including you and me. But we can do better.
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Beyond chicken patties: How to improve school lunch without spending more
As kids go back to school this month, cafeteria expert Kate Adamick is working with parents and school administrators to rethink school lunch budgeting in radical new ways.
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New guide helps you scrimp and save without eating toxic junk
Have you ever been shopping for groceries and wished someone would help you find the foods that are the least toxic and processed for the best price? A new guide does just that.
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Amid drought, farmers flood social media
Parched farmers are using Twitter as a social-media-style rain gauge, a help line, and an open channel to their urban customers.
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Feed 9 billion people? We can do that, but it’s not going to be pretty
Stanford biology professor Peter Vitousek says that our population bomb doesn't need to cause an all-out apocalypse.
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Lawyers go after processed food industry with tactics that worked on Big Tobacco
In an effort to supplant government regulation, a group of high-profile lawyers plans to use the financial costs of obesity and diabetes to sue large processed food companies.
