Food + Environment
healthy, rich soil with plants on top. September 2020
What’s at stake when Cargill says it’ll help farmers adopt regenerative agriculture practices?
healthy, rich soil with plants on top. September 2020
09.24.2020
by Lela Nargi
The farm at Adaptive Seeds in Oregon with wildfire skies over a corn field. September 2020
“They are growing things that can’t be replaced”: Extreme wildfires in western Oregon threaten valuable seed supplies. They may take over a year to recover.
The farm at Adaptive Seeds in Oregon with wildfire skies over a corn field. September 2020
09.22.2020
by Lynne Curry
The skies to the south of Persephone Farm on Tuesday at 3:30 p.m.
Wildfire dispatch from an Oregon farm
The skies to the south of Persephone Farm on Tuesday at 3:30 p.m.
09.13.2020
by Elizabeth Whitman
Surveying damage from Hurricane Laura
Laura makes landfall, lines double outside Galveston food bank
Surveying damage from Hurricane Laura
08.27.2020
by Anya Schultz + Sam Bloch
shrimp boat crew members prepare for Hurricane Luara in Arthur, Texas. August 2020
Disaster-weary Gulf shrimpers, Louisiana rice farmers, and coastal food banks ready for anything as they await Hurricane Laura’s arrival
shrimp boat crew members prepare for Hurricane Luara in Arthur, Texas. August 2020
08.26.2020
by Sam Bloch + Jessica Fu + H. Claire Brown
botanist examines seeds from an unsolicited package of seeds under a microscope August 2020
Free stuff? Or agro-terrorism? How the “mystery seeds” sent to U.S. mailboxes by China reveal American vulnerabilities
botanist examines seeds from an unsolicited package of seeds under a microscope August 2020
08.05.2020
by Sam Bloch
emerging corn sprayed west of Oakwood July 2020
New Bayer-engineered seed is resistant to five different types of pesticide
emerging corn sprayed west of Oakwood July 2020
07.10.2020
by Johnathan Hettinger
Dufurrena Holloway fire Maggie Creek 2012
Ranchers say they can graze away wildfires. Environmentalists beg to differ.
Dufurrena Holloway fire Maggie Creek 2012
07.09.2020
by Sam Bloch
protected habitat of Cajón Bonito, in Sonora, Mexico July 2020
The only catfish native to the Western U.S. is running out of water
protected habitat of Cajón Bonito, in Sonora, Mexico July 2020
07.09.2020
by Maya L. Kapoor