Climate Food and Agriculture
Climate + Food and Agriculture
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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When did vegetarianism become passe?
Sustainable meat is all the rage these days, but vegetarians shouldn't be cowed (ahem) by carnivorous hipsters: A veg diet is still a big winner for the environment.
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Watch a rabbit herd sheep
Here's an adorable innovation for all you urban farmers out there.
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New Agtivist: Colin Archipley is teaching soldiers to farm
This former Marine is part of the growing movement to fill the aging agriculture sector with returning soldiers who can benefit from focus, independence, and time outdoors.
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Energy bar-ista moves from reality TV to real food
Corey Rennell took what he learned as a contestant on a survivalist reality-TV show and packed it into the ultra-natural Core Meal bars he now sells.
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Bill Gates wants to solve hunger caused by climate change with GMOs
Gates has done his research on the problems climate change is already causing for the global food supply. But he thinks more GMOs, not holistic, soil-based climate change mitigation, is the answer.
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Monsanto’s new seeds could be a tech dead end
In response to Roundup-resistant "superweeds," Monsanto is rolling out a generation of seeds that will also withstand an old, toxic pesticide called 2,4-D, one of the main ingredients in Agent Orange.
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High school culinary students eat their own classroom pets
Students in the culinary program at Jasper Place High School in Edmonton, Canada (yes, Canada apparently has culinary programs in high school) probably think farm-to-table restaurants are a pretty cute idea. Oh, you have a farm on your roof? You must be so proud. We have a farm ON OUR ACTUAL TABLE. The students are […]
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Lexicon of Sustainability: Mobile slaughterhouse
As the meat industry has grown more consolidated over the years, most small farms have had to truck their animals hundreds of miles to have them processed. Mobile slaughter trucks are a creative solution to this challenge.
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The facts of knife
The only thing separating you from eating sustainably on the cheap might be a nice, sharp blade -- and the knife skills to use it.
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Native American farmers share their stories [VIDEO]
On their way across North Carolina, Perennial Plate stopped to chat with some Native American farmers trying to change the food and work situation in their communities.
