Food + Environment
Micahel Mazourek with some peas April 2020
Beautiful disasters: The wild, wilted world of plant scientists who breed crops ready to thrive on a climate-ravaged earth
Micahel Mazourek with some peas April 2020
04.22.2020
by Lela Nargi
soybean farmers to spray pesticides linked to cancer April 2020
EPA sidesteps normal public process to approve BASF’s cancer-linked pesticide
soybean farmers to spray pesticides linked to cancer April 2020
04.10.2020
by Johnathan Hettinger
Sweetgreen and Chipotle pledge to remove PFAS from their bowls by 2020 (March 2020)
Sweetgreen and Chipotle will remove “forever chemicals” from their bowls by the end of 2020
Sweetgreen and Chipotle pledge to remove PFAS from their bowls by 2020 (March 2020)
03.16.2020
by Joe Fassler
Sacramento River Delta
Water is life. It’s also a battle. So what does the future hold for California?
Sacramento River Delta
03.06.2020
by Alastair Bland
sugar beets in dirt
After historic floods, USDA green lights $285 million in disaster aid for sugar beet farmers
sugar beets in dirt
03.05.2020
by Jessica Fu
Manhattan trash can
Want fewer rats in cities? It starts with cutting food waste.
Manhattan trash can
03.04.2020
by Michael H. Parsons + Jason Munshi-South
Shark fin in a display case in Hong Kong
A federal ban on the shark fin trade is on the cusp of becoming law. Why does the head of U.S. fisheries oppose it?
Shark fin in a display case in Hong Kong
02.27.2020
by Jessica Fu
California almond orchard
Scientists are trying to make crops love salt
California almond orchard
02.26.2020
by Jessica Fu
Wild mushrooms
Wild mushrooms poison thousands of people every year. USDA just introduced a device to detect the deadliest toxins
Wild mushrooms
02.21.2020
by Jessica Fu