Food & Agriculture

Factory Farms in Iowa Generate 110 Billion Pounds of Manure Per Year. No One Tracks Where It’s Going.

Manure management planning could prevent fertilizer pollution. But an antiquated system isn’t doing enough to track manure, a former state employee says.

By Anika Jane Beamer, Nina B. Elkadi

Greeks Challenge EU-Backed Fish Farms Amid Environmental Concerns

By Moira Lavelle

Trump Cuts Could Hinder Efforts to Stop Climate-Fueled Spread of Invasive Species

By Kiley Price

Maine Was First To Ban Spreading PFAS-Contaminated Sludge on Farmland. Now Sludge Is Filling up Landfills.

By Sydney Cromwell

International Effort to Curb Emissions of a Climate Super Pollutant Falls Short, UN Report Reveals

By Phil McKenna

Unpredictable Spurts of Dry and Wet Weather Cause Confusion and New Challenges for Midwestern Farmers

By Katie Cerulle

N.C. Supreme Court Says State Regulators Erred on CAFO Permits

By Lisa Sorg

Can We Produce More Food With Less Land?

By Anika Jane Beamer

‘Millions of Avoidable Deaths’: Climate Change Health Harms Reach Unprecedented Levels

By Keerti Gopal

Cranberry Farmers Consider Turning Bogs Into Wetlands as Temperatures Rise

By Nicole Williams

America’s Rye Whiskey Resurgence Could Help the Climate, but Not by Itself

By Emily Payne

Iowa Counties Keep Water Quality Monitoring Afloat After State Funding Cuts

By Anika Jane Beamer

Wetlands Help Remedy Agricultural Pollution. Some Illinois Farmers Are Installing New Ones.

By Alexia Underwood

Ohio Has Invested Millions in Wetlands to Catch Nutrient Runoff From Farms. A New Report Suggests It’s Working.

By Theo Peck-Suzuki

Climate-Warming Methane Emissions from the World’s Biggest Livestock Companies Are Bigger Than From Major Oil and Gas Companies

By Georgina Gustin

Growing ‘Continuous Corn’ Drives Emissions of a Powerful Greenhouse Gas. It Doesn’t Have To.

By Anika Jane Beamer

California Sanctions Stark Disparities in Pesticide Exposure During Pregnancy

By Liza Gross

Pesticides in Your Produce? Probably.

By Liza Gross

Regenerative Agriculture Is All Over the Agenda at Climate Week NYC. But What Does It Mean?

By Georgina Gustin