Agriculture

Dairy Farms’ Expansion Plan Worries California Families Who Once Had a ‘Little Piece of Heaven’

The battle in the Central Valley is just one of many happening against dairy farms and new manure digester projects in the state. Farmers say they are trying to be better neighbors.

By Steven Rodas

A New Book Tells the Story of Albuquerque Through the Rio Grande

By Martha Pskowski

Supreme Court Delivers a Victory for Pesticide Companies in Fight Over Cancer Claims

By Anika Jane Beamer

Colombia Passes First-Ever National Law Requiring Beef to Be Traced Back to Its Origins

By Georgina Gustin

A Sloth Exhibitor Shut Down by New York Wants a Florida Comeback—and Florida Licensed Him

By Katie Surma

Wild Rice Faces Numerous Threats—and Has Determined Protectors

By Susan Cosier

A Water Crisis Has The ‘Poster Boys’ of Iowa Farming Ready to Talk Regulation

By Anika Jane Beamer

Iran War Jeopardizes Global Food Security

By Madeline Shaw

California Pesticide Regulators Say New Rules Protect Communities as Applications of a Dangerous Fumigant Rise

By Liza Gross

USDA Extends Pause on Loans for Controversial Digesters That Turn Manure Into Biogas

By Steven Rodas, Lisa Sorg

The Brazilian Supreme Court Makes Way for the ‘Grain Train’

By Georgina Gustin

Top Climate Scientists Accuse the Livestock Industry of Pushing Fuzzy Math to Downplay Its Climate Warming Emissions

By Georgina Gustin

Wild Blueberry Farms Across Maine Suffer as Climate Change Upends Growing Seasons

By Sydney Cromwell

Faster Slaughterhouse Line Speeds Are Increasingly a Climate Problem

By Georgina Gustin

With Fertilizer Pollution on the Rise, Iowa Will Invest $100 Million in Water Treatment

By Anika Jane Beamer

Thousands of People Say Roundup Caused Their Cancer. The Supreme Court May Quash Their Lawsuits.

By Lee Hedgepeth

Nearly One-Fifth of Americans Are Consuming Water With High Levels of Nitrates

By Georgina Gustin

Major Livestock and Animal Agriculture Companies Are Making Climate Promises They Aren’t Keeping

By Georgina Gustin

Illinois Weighs Early Warning System For Pesticide Spraying Near Parks, Schools

By Gabriel Matias Castilho