Food + Environment
Volunteer firefighters practice with hand tools during a wildfire training course on May 8, 2021 in Brewster, Washington.
Ahead of wildfire season, Washington Farm Bureau has been lobbying against emergency worker health protections
Volunteer firefighters practice with hand tools during a wildfire training course on May 8, 2021 in Brewster, Washington.
07.02.2021
by Jessica Fu
Palm Oil Fruit Bunch. One of the many large palm oil plantations near Binjai. Sumatra 09/2014
How palm oil became the world’s most hated, most used fat source
Palm Oil Fruit Bunch. One of the many large palm oil plantations near Binjai. Sumatra 09/2014
07.01.2021
by Jonathan E. Robins
Running faucet, shallow depth of field.
An entire California town is without running water—in a heat wave
Running faucet, shallow depth of field.
06.30.2021
by Melissa Montalvo
Tule Lake National Refuge on May 28, 2021, in California, near the Oregon border, has been severely impacted by the drought and the lack of irrigation waters from Upper Klamath Lake, which usally feed into the refuge. June 2021
Will history repeat in a dry Klamath Basin this summer?
Tule Lake National Refuge on May 28, 2021, in California, near the Oregon border, has been severely impacted by the drought and the lack of irrigation waters from Upper Klamath Lake, which usally feed into the refuge. June 2021
06.22.2021
by Anna V. Smith / High Country News
A wide angle shot of a tractor on acres of farmland. June 2021
GRAPHIC: Acres in federal conservation program have decreased steadily in past decade
A wide angle shot of a tractor on acres of farmland. June 2021
06.14.2021
by Ignacio Calderon, USA TODAY Network Agriculture Data Fellow, Investigate Midwest
LITTLETON, MA - MAY 13: A SpringDell Farm employee carries out flats of cabbage that are ready to be planted in the field in Littleton, MA on May 13, 2020. June 2021
New research attempts to pinpoint “Why do small farms matter?” Critics say that’s not the right question.
LITTLETON, MA - MAY 13: A SpringDell Farm employee carries out flats of cabbage that are ready to be planted in the field in Littleton, MA on May 13, 2020. June 2021
06.04.2021
by Lela Nargi
Eva Dawn Burk stands on the bank of the Tanana River in late April in her home village of Nenana, Alaska. Burk is a graduate student at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, who is developing biomass-heated greenhouses for rural Native communities.
Will a Native-led initiative spur an agricultural revolution in rural Alaska?
Eva Dawn Burk stands on the bank of the Tanana River in late April in her home village of Nenana, Alaska. Burk is a graduate student at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, who is developing biomass-heated greenhouses for rural Native communities.
06.03.2021
by Max Graham/High Country News
A cow stands in the dry grass at Megan Brown’s Oroville ranch on April 22, 2021. Brown had to sell off much of her herd earlier this year when she realized there wouldn’t be enough grass to feed them. Photo by Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters
Running out of water and time: How unprepared is California for 2021’s drought?
A cow stands in the dry grass at Megan Brown’s Oroville ranch on April 22, 2021. Brown had to sell off much of her herd earlier this year when she realized there wouldn’t be enough grass to feed them. Photo by Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters
05.24.2021
by Julie Cart + Rachel Becker
Wheat diversity. May 2021
How biodiversity conservation can help manage future pandemics—for plants and for humans
Wheat diversity. May 2021
05.21.2021
by Simran Sethi