Wild Rice Faces Numerous Threats—and Has Determined Protectors
Groups work to identify, save and reseed areas to help the culturally significant resource thrive as climate change portends more strains.
By Susan Cosier
Food & Agriculture
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
New BLM Grazing Rules Eliminate Tribal Buffalo From Public Lands
By Blaine Harden
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
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
Iowa Moves to Shield Farmers, Ethanol Plants, From Lawsuits Over Emissions
By Anika Jane Beamer, Georgina Gustin
California Bill Aims to Keep Toxic PFAS off Its Crops
By Liza Gross
Under Trump, the Department of Agriculture Has Ditched Conservation and Climate Efforts
By Georgina Gustin, Peter Aldhous
Trump Administration Targets Bison on Federal Grazing Lands
By Blaine Harden
