Food + Environment
Julia Bernal (Sandia, Taos and Yuchi-Creek Nations of Oklahoma) in Sandoval County in the Middle Rio Grande Valley. “It’s like this concept of landback. Once you get the land back, what are you going to do with it after? It’s the same thing. If we get the water back, what are we gonna do with it after? How are we going to maintain water?” Bernal, the director of the Pueblo Action Alliance, believes that “landback” can’t happen without “water back.”
Indigenous feminism flows through the fight for water rights on the Rio Grande

01.13.2022
by Christine Trudeau / High County News + Kalen Goodluck
controlled burn of sugar cane in florida feature january 2022.
Burning sugar cane pollutes communities of color in Florida. Brazil shows there’s another way.
controlled burn of sugar cane in florida feature january 2022.
01.07.2022
by Nadia Sussman, ProPublica
A colorful illustration of cattle, land, and farms. January 2022
Corporations are consolidating water and land rights in the West
A colorful illustration of cattle, land, and farms. January 2022
01.04.2022
by Eli Francovich
Man in black track suit holds black hose pumping water in white container with little blue shed in background December 2021.
Historically excluded from Colorado River policy, tribes want a say in how the dwindling resource is used. Access to clean water is a start.
Man in black track suit holds black hose pumping water in white container with little blue shed in background December 2021.
12.10.2021
by Michael Elizabeth Sakas
A car is seen partially submerged as floodwaters from the Skagit River inundate farmland outside of Burlington, Washington, on November 17, 2021.
In the wake of floods, what’s next for salmon in the Pacific Northwest?
A car is seen partially submerged as floodwaters from the Skagit River inundate farmland outside of Burlington, Washington, on November 17, 2021.
12.08.2021
by Kylie Mohr / High Country News
LEFT: Head cider maker Andrew Byers poses for a portrait at Finnriver Farm and Cidery in Chimacum, Washington on Friday, Oct. 1, 2021. CENTER: An apple with likely sunburn at Finnriver Farm and Cidery. According to Byers, there are too many variables to say for certain what harms or affects apple growths. RIGHT: Byers peers into a box of Perry pears while sipping some cider near the end of the day. December 2021
Climate change forces Washington’s apple cider industry to adjust
LEFT: Head cider maker Andrew Byers poses for a portrait at Finnriver Farm and Cidery in Chimacum, Washington on Friday, Oct. 1, 2021. CENTER: An apple with likely sunburn at Finnriver Farm and Cidery. According to Byers, there are too many variables to say for certain what harms or affects apple growths. RIGHT: Byers peers into a box of Perry pears while sipping some cider near the end of the day. December 2021
12.02.2021
by Hannah Weinberger/Crosscut
Dirt caked cows gather in mud , Monkton, Maryland, USA. December 2021
Antibiotic used in livestock production could cause soil to release more carbon
Dirt caked cows gather in mud , Monkton, Maryland, USA. December 2021
12.02.2021
by Jessica Fu
San Joaquin Valley drought aerial shot feature november 2021.
Where is the water going?
San Joaquin Valley drought aerial shot feature november 2021.
11.30.2021
by Lois Henry + Ryan Christopher Jones
Collage with orange highlighted hand holding small potatoes and surrounded by various crops and landscapes November 2021.
The ancient potato of the future
Collage with orange highlighted hand holding small potatoes and surrounded by various crops and landscapes November 2021.
11.23.2021
by James Dinneen