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Invasive lake trout have been decimating native fish populations for decades. Residents of the Flathead Reservation in Montana have a solution.

11.18.2021
Lena Beck
Alaska Native villages band together to keep the Yukon River’s wild salmon afloat
11.16.2021
by Maia Wikler / High Country News + Keri Oberly
Why reducing methane emissions matters
11.11.2021
by Jonathan Thompson / High Country News
America’s food safety system failed to stop a salmonella epidemic. It’s still making people sick.
11.09.2021
by Bernice Yeung + Michael Grabell + Irena Hwang + Mollie Simon, ProPublica
Hop growers balance demands of craft beers with climate concerns
11.09.2021
by Mai Hoang / Crosscut
Two large U.S. cities have adopted a Good Food Purchasing framework to support local economies, better working conditions, environmental sustainability, and animal welfare
11.04.2021
by Lela Nargi
Maine voters to consider “right to food” constitutional amendment
11.02.2021
by H. Claire Brown
Why do we value some fish more than others? It’s time to reconsider “rough” fish.
10.26.2021
by Lela Nargi
USDA flagged multiple fraudulent Covid-19 hunger relief deliveries. Then it paid millions for them anyway.
10.14.2021
by Jessica Fu + H. Claire Brown
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