California’s Strict New Law Preventing Cruelty to Farm Animals Triggers Protests From Big U.S. Meat Producers Proposition 12 bans “gestation crates” for pregnant sows and requires that all eggs be cage-free. By Leah Campbell
Why Did California Regulators Choose a Firm with Ties to Chevron to Study Irrigating Crops with Oil Wastewater? By Liza Gross
Is a State Program to Foster Sustainable Farming Leaving Out Small-Scale Growers and Farmers of Color? By Anne Marshall-Chalmers
To Stop Line 3 Across Minnesota, an Indigenous Tribe Is Asserting the Legal Rights of Wild Rice By Katie Surma
Q&A: Sustainable Farming Expert Weighs in on California’s Historic Investments in ‘Climate Smart’ Agriculture By Liza Gross
‘There Are No Winners Here’: Drought in the Klamath Basin Inflames a Decades-Old War Over Water and Fish By Anne Marshall-Chalmers
Planes Sampling Air Above the Amazon Find the Rainforest is Releasing More Carbon Than it Stores By Georgina Gustin
New Report: Climate Change and Biodiversity Loss Must Be Tackled Together, Not Separately By Georgina Gustin
Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Food Production are Far Greater Than Previous Estimates Suggest By Georgina Gustin
California’s Almond Trees Rely on Honey Bees and Wild Pollinators, but a Lack of Good Habitat is Making Their Job Harder By Anne Marshall-Chalmers
As California’s Drought Worsens, the Biden Administration Cuts Water Supplies and Farmers Struggle to Compensate By Liza Gross
Air Pollution From Raising Livestock Accounts for Most of the 16,000 US Deaths Each Year Tied to Food Production, Study Finds By Georgina Gustin
In California’s Farm Country, Climate Change Is Likely to Trigger More Pesticide Use, Fouling Waterways By Liza Gross
Warming Trends: Farming for City Dwellers, an Upbeat Climate Podcast and Soil Bacteria That May Outsmart Warming By Katelyn Weisbrod
As Extreme Weather Batters America’s Farm Country, Costing Billions, Banks Ignore the Financial Risks of Climate Change By Georgina Gustin