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
Agriculture
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
A Delta in Distress
By Liza Gross
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
How Capturing Floodwaters Can Reduce Flooding and Combat Drought
By Liza Gross
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
Fighting Attacks on Inconvenient Science—and Scientists
By Liza Gross
California’s Relentless Droughts Strain Farming Towns
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
