Food + Environment
Seasonal algae floats in the water off Port Manatee, on Tuesday, 6, 2021, in Palmetto, Manatee County, Fla., where authorities responding to a leaking wastewater pond at the old Piney Point phosphate plant reopened a nearby stretch of U.S. 41 that had been closed for days between Manatee and Hillsborough counties. April 2021
The Florida wastewater disaster was totally foreseeable
Seasonal algae floats in the water off Port Manatee, on Tuesday, 6, 2021, in Palmetto, Manatee County, Fla., where authorities responding to a leaking wastewater pond at the old Piney Point phosphate plant reopened a nearby stretch of U.S. 41 that had been closed for days between Manatee and Hillsborough counties. April 2021
04.20.2021
by Lela Nargi
European green crabs trapped and removed from Seadrift Lagoon in Stinson Beach, Calif. by marine biologists are kept in a bin before they're measured and logged on Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017. April 2021
Unwelcome and tough to evict: California’s costly, uphill battle against invasive species
European green crabs trapped and removed from Seadrift Lagoon in Stinson Beach, Calif. by marine biologists are kept in a bin before they're measured and logged on Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017. April 2021
04.13.2021
by Julie Cart
East Fork of the Jemez River in New Mexico. April 06 2021
“Our way of life is threatened”: Indigenous tribes sue EPA over Trump-era rollback of water protections
East Fork of the Jemez River in New Mexico. April 06 2021
04.06.2021
by Jessica Fu
Aerial view of Amazon deforestation in Brazil. March 2021
New UN report details the best ways to prevent deforestation in Latin America. What’s that got to do with U.S. food needs?
Aerial view of Amazon deforestation in Brazil. March 2021
04.01.2021
by Lela Nargi
Solar panels change farm logistics, aesthetics, and economics, introducing another potential source of income. March 2021
Why combining farms and solar panels could transform how we produce both food and energy
Solar panels change farm logistics, aesthetics, and economics, introducing another potential source of income. March 2021
03.30.2021
by Chris Malloy
Microplastics collected in the San Francisco Bay Area are identified and labeled for research in a lab headed by Chelsea Rochman, an assistant professor at the University of Toronto. California is about to set the world's first guidelines for microplastics in drinking water.
Premature or precautionary? California is first to tackle microplastics in drinking water.
Microplastics collected in the San Francisco Bay Area are identified and labeled for research in a lab headed by Chelsea Rochman, an assistant professor at the University of Toronto. California is about to set the world's first guidelines for microplastics in drinking water.
03.16.2021
by Rachel Becker
Punjabi American farmers prune peach trees in the early morning light on Karm Bain’s farm in Yuba City, California. Feb. 2021
Despite discrimination and drought, Punjabi Americans farm on
Punjabi American farmers prune peach trees in the early morning light on Karm Bain’s farm in Yuba City, California. Feb. 2021
02.25.2021
by Wufei Yu/High Country News
Two men are on a boat, both wearing masks. One of them dumps a bucket of oysters into the ocean. February 2021
Once destined for raw bars, 5 million oysters are being rerouted to coastal restoration efforts
Two men are on a boat, both wearing masks. One of them dumps a bucket of oysters into the ocean. February 2021
02.23.2021
by Lela Nargi
A hand holds a glass under a water faucet to collect water. February 2021
Is giving our drinking water legal personhood the best way to protect it?
A hand holds a glass under a water faucet to collect water. February 2021
02.16.2021
by Sam Bloch