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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

Wranglers guide a herd of stranded cows to higher ground as flood waters rise, due to a levy break Sept. 24, 2005 in Chauvin, Louisiana. Hurricane Rita caused massive damage as it moved across western Louisiana. Credit: Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images

As Extreme Weather Batters America’s Farm Country, Costing Billions, Banks Ignore the Financial Risks of Climate Change

By Georgina Gustin

A view of cattle ruminating around Frank Konyn Dairy Inc., on April 16, 2020, in Escondido, California. Credit: Ariana Drehsler /AFP via Getty Images

California Dairy Farmers are Saving Money—and Cutting Methane Emissions—By Feeding Cows Leftovers

By Stacy Kim

A soy plantation in the Amazon rainforest near Santarém in the state of Pará, Brazil, on May 13, 2006. Credit: Ricardo Beliel/Brazil Photos/LightRocket via Getty Images

Big Banks Make a Dangerous Bet on the World’s Growing Demand for Food

By Georgina Gustin

Steve Lyle, left, and Ignacio Valazquez with the California Dept. of Food & Agruculture examine insects stuck to a cardboard trap just removed from a citrus tree in a residential Los Angeles garden. They are most interested in catching 1/8th inch long psyllids to determine if any are infected with citrus greening disease. Credit: Don Bartletti/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

Citrus Growers May Soon Have a New Way to Fight Back Against A Deadly Enemy

By Stacy Kim

Icicles created by drip irrigation are illuminated by a car's headlights during a cold snap January 17, 2007 in Orange Cove, California. Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Warmer Temperatures May Offer California Farmers a Rare Silver Lining: Fewer Frosts

By Liza Gross

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris look on as Tom Vilsack, U.S. President-elect Joe Biden’s nominee to head the Department of Agriculture, delivers remarks at the Queen Theater December 11, 2020 in Wilmington, Delaware. Vilsack served for eight years as President Barack Obama’s secretary of Agriculture. Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Biden Climate Plan Looks For Buy-in From Farmers Who Are Often Skeptical About Global Warming

By Georgina Gustin

Cows are sensitive to heat, and overheating can reduce milk production and lead to seriousc health problems.

Cows Get Hot, Too: A New Way to Cool Dairy Cattle in California’s Increasing Heat

By Samantha Nelson

A voter walks toward a polling location on election day in Austin, Texas on Nov. 3, 2020. Credit: Sergio Flores/AFP via Getty Images

Warming Trends: A Climate Win in Austin, the Demise of Butterflies and the Threat of Food Pollution

By Katelyn Weisbrod

Cecelia Rojas, harvesting dinosaur kale, her largest crop. She used to pick strawberries as a farmworker, literally backbreaking work, but can take breathers these days.

Two Farmworkers Come Into Their Own, Escaping Low Pay, Rigid Hours and a High Risk of Covid-19

By Evelyn Nieves

Nutria, an invasive rodent from South America, damage wetlands, levees and agricultural crops, Credit: Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images

A Big Rat in Congress Helped California Farmers in Their War Against Invasive Species

By Abby Weiss

Scott Magneson's California dairy farm has been in his family for generations.

A Proud California Dairy Farmer Battles for Survival in Wildly Uncertain Times

By Evelyn Nieves

'Essential' but Unprotected, Farmworkers Live in Fear of Covid-19 but Keep Working

By Evelyn Nieves

New York Mayor Bill De Blasio hands out reusable bags on Feb. 28, 2020, ahead of a plastic bag ban, The ban was postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic

Polluting Industries Cash-In on COVID, Harming Climate in the Process

By Dan Gearino, Georgina Gustin, James Bruggers, Kristoffer Tigue

Millions of locusts swarm in Tsiroanomandidy, Madagascar. Credit: Rijasolo/AFP via Getty Images

Locust Swarms, Some 3 Times the Size of New York City, Are Eating Their Way Across Two Continents

By Bob Berwyn

A cattle feedlot in Oklahoma. Credit: Alice Welch/USDA

Is Trump’s USDA Ready to Address Global Warming? There are Hopeful Signs.

By Georgina Gustin

A lone star tick. To find a host, some ticks grope about with their forelegs from a leaf or grass blade, a behavior known as "questing." Credit: Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images

As Ticks Spread to More Places, New Disease Risks Threaten People and Livestock

By Nina Pullano

The report also seeks to rebut the notion that burning wood is a “carbon neutral” alternative to burning coal and oil for electricity.

Logging Plays Bigger Climate Change Role Than U.S. Acknowledges, Report Says

By Georgina Gustin

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