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How climate change is changing what we eat.

I’m a farm worker in Washington state, picking apples during the wildfires. All I have is a cloth mask to protect myself.

09.16.2020
Jessica Fu + "Mr. Gonzalez"
California farmworkers say they didn’t get masks during wildfires
09.15.2020
by Manuela Tobias
The only catfish native to the Western U.S. is running out of water
07.09.2020
by Maya L. Kapoor
Gulf fishers brace for a “dead zone” the size of Connecticut and Delaware
06.10.2020
by Sam Bloch
Pandemics aren’t limited to people: How the world’s most famous seed vault defends plants against their next big outbreak
05.21.2020
by Simran Sethi
Beautiful disasters: The wild, wilted world of plant scientists who breed crops ready to thrive on a climate-ravaged earth
04.22.2020
by Lela Nargi
The latest challenge for pollinators: wind
02.20.2020
by The Counter
Cherokee Nation to deposit crucial crop varieties in Norwegian seed bank
02.11.2020
by The Counter
Locally foraged piñon nuts are cherished in New Mexico. They’re also disappearing.
02.06.2020
by Gloria Dickie
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