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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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There’s a major gap in the new methane pledge: Agriculture
The Global Methane Pledge gives farmers and ranchers a ‘free pass,’ environmental groups say.
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![A farmer harvest cayenne peppers.]()
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Why many food experts don’t want a new international body for food science
An “IPCC for food” is more controversial than it sounds.
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Montana tribe finalizes historic $1.9 billion water rights settlement
It is the largest amount ever awarded in an Indigenous water rights case.
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Does rural Illinois really need a new gas pipeline?
In this historic Black farming community, some want renewables instead.
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The other greenhouse gas: UN report sets the record straight on methane
Every part of the problem needs fixing.
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This German startup offers a simpler way to recycle your coffee cup
Here's the tea on reusable cups.
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As wildfires worsen, more California farms are deemed too risky to insure
The skyrocketing cost of fire insurance foreshadows a larger confrontation over so-called managed retreat.
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![A farmer carries rice seedlings to be planted in a paddy field at a village in Nagaon district of India's northeastern state of Assam, on July 3, 2021.]()
![A farmer carries rice seedlings to be planted in a paddy field at a village in Nagaon district of India's northeastern state of Assam, on July 3, 2021.]()
Scientists have long warned climate change threatens our food security. Now they’re finding solutions.
We've barely scratched the surface on the potential of plants.
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10 jobs that will help shape a zero-emissions future
An economy based on healing the climate could spawn new livelihoods across Cascadia.
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Will history repeat in a dry Klamath Basin this summer?
This year’s drought is worse than in 2001, when political and environmental tensions exploded into the national spotlight.
