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Agriculture

As Emissions From Agriculture Rise and Climate Change Batters American Farms, Congress Tackles the Farm Bill

The legislation represents a major chance to tackle emissions, but some lawmakers vow to keep climate measures out. Advocates call for more climate-focused conservation.

By Georgina Gustin

John Duffy walks across a field he is planting in soybeans on April 23, 2020 near Dwight, Illinois. Credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images
Seagulls flock over the recently tilled ground as a farmer prepares his field in Ruthsburg, Maryland, on April 25, 2022. Credit: Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images

Billions in USDA Conservation Funding Went to Farmers for Programs that Were Not ‘Climate-Smart,’ a New Study Finds

By Georgina Gustin

Signs opposing the solar project are plentiful all around Williamsport Ohio. July 12, 2022.

The Energy Transition Runs Into a Ditch in Rural Ohio

By Dan Gearino

This aerial image shows a tractor pumps water from a flooded field, near Orchard, Antelope County Nebraska on May 5, 2019. Credit: Johannes Eisele/AFP via Getty Images

Scientists Are Pursuing Flood-Resistant Crops, Thanks to Climate-Induced Heavy Rains and Other Extreme Weather

By Grace van Deelen

Helmine Monique Sija, about 50 years old, prepares raketa (cactus) to eat with her daughter Tolie, 10 years old, in the village of Atoby, commune of Behara, on Aug. 30, 2021. Research says climate change could make famines worse. Credit: Rijasolo/AFP via Getty Images

Complex Models Now Gauge the Impact of Climate Change on Global Food Production. The Results Are ‘Alarming’

By Georgina Gustin

In Cost Mesa, California, piglets and their mother in January. Credit: Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/Via Getty Images.

California’s Strict New Law Preventing Cruelty to Farm Animals Triggers Protests From Big U.S. Meat Producers

By Leah Campbell

A California Water Board Assures the Public that Oil Wastewater Is Safe for Irrigation, But Experts Say the Evidence Is Scant 

By Liza Gross

A flooded poultry farm stands in this aerial photograph taken above Chinquapin, North Carolina on Friday, Sept. 21, 2018 after Hurricane Florence. Credit: Alex Wroblewski/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Pollution from N.C.’s Commercial Poultry Farms Disproportionately Harms Communities of Color

By Aman Azhar

Nick Edsall, orchard manager for Bullseye Farms, describes the benefits of cover crops and soil health during a farm tour for World Soil Day 2019. Credit: Becca Lucas

Q&A: Sustainable Farming Expert Weighs in on California’s Historic Investments in ‘Climate Smart’ Agriculture

By Liza Gross

Pigs stand in a pen at a farm in Ayden, North Carolina on Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018. Credit: Callaghan O'Hare/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Civil Rights Groups in North Carolina Say ‘Biogas’ From Hog Waste Will Harm Communities of Color

By Aman Azhar

A farmworker carries a box of broccoli in a field on Jan. 22, 2021 in Calexico, California. Credit: Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images

Fires Fuel New Risks to California Farmworkers

By Liza Gross

Farmworkers harvest cucumbers at Full Belly Farm in Guinda, California. Credit: Liza Gross

Farming Without a Net

By Liza Gross

The Glass Fire burns near the Jericho Canyon Vineyard and Winery about a mile out of downtown Calistoga, California, on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2020. Credit: Jane Tyska/Digital First Media/East Bay Times via Getty Images

Wildfire Smoke: An Emerging Threat to West Coast Wines

By Liza Gross

Corn is harvested in this aerial photograph taken above Malden, Illinois, on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2015. Credit: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Despite Capitol Hill Enthusiasm for Planting Crops to Store Carbon, Few Farmers are Doing It, Report Finds

By Georgina Gustin

weets with bugs from Micronutris company, a leader in Europe in the human diet based on insects, on January 9, 2017. Credit: Patrick Aventurier/Getty Images

Protein-Filled, With a Low Carbon Footprint, Insects Creep Up on the Human Diet

By Emiko Terazono

Land clearing of peatland forest to make way for a palm oil plantation in Aceh province, Indonesia, the habitat of the Sumatran orangutan, on November 1,3, 2016. The orangutans in Indonesia have been on the verge of extinction as a result of deforestation and poaching. Credit: Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images

New Report: Climate Change and Biodiversity Loss Must Be Tackled Together, Not Separately

By Georgina Gustin

Farmers harvest watermelons in a field on March 26, 2021 in Wanning, Hainan Province of China. Credit: Yuan Chen/VCG via Getty Images

Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Food Production are Far Greater Than Previous Estimates Suggest

By Georgina Gustin

Chardonnay grapevines in the Russian River Valley flood on March 12, 2018, near Sebastopol, California. Credit: George Rose/Getty Images

How Capturing Floodwaters Can Reduce Flooding and Combat Drought

By Liza Gross

Sheep graze in a dry field near the town of McFarland in California's Central Valley, August 24, 2016. The Central Valley is the state's agriculture hub producing vast quantities of fruits, vegetables, nuts as well as dairy, beef and lamb but struggled through five years of the last drought. Credit: ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images

California’s Relentless Droughts Strain Farming Towns

By Liza Gross

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