Opti-Harvest optimistic about food supply
2022 continues to be dominated by droughts, famine and war. Fortunately, Opti-Harvest is trying to help feed the planet quicker…
Read More
Extreme heat killing farmworkers, compounding inequities
Extreme heat fueled by climate change is killing farmworkers, with compoundingly inequitable systemic effects, Bloomberg reports. Recent farmworker deaths in…
Read More
Climate-fueled drought threatens wheat harvest
Massive drought across the Upper Midwest, Northern Plains states, and Prairie provinces of Canada is putting the spring wheat crop…
Read More
Growing food and protecting nature don’t have to conflict
By Thomas Hertel Growing food in a sustainable, environmentally friendly way – while also producing enough of it – is…
Read More
The solution to farming in the drier future could be reclaimed water
By Cirrus Wood On a Saturday in late October, Carolyn Phinney is hip-deep in a half-acre of vegetables, at the…
Read More
Zambian farmers cry for crop diversification to adapt to climate change
By Natasha Sakala When food production is embroiled in the politics of the nation, farmers bear the brunt. Often, they remain food…
Read More
The agribusiness world rocked by Mexico’s decision to ban glyphosate
By Timothy A. Wise Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador quietly rocked the agribusiness world with his New Year’s Eve…
Read More
Dying bees and sick dogs ‘staggering about’: WTF is going on in Nebraska?
For anyone whose travel bucket list includes Mead, Nebraska you might want to take a raincheck on that spot for…
Read More
Report reveals drinking water is contaminated ‘in the nation’s food basket’
The Environmental Working Group (EWG) works on several different levels to educate people about safe drinking water. The EWG tap…
Read More
‘Thousands of dead baby chicks’: Maine farmers blame Susan Collins for Postal delays. Here’s why.
A senator should help to represent the needs of the people in that state. But Susan Collins doesn’t seem to…
Read More
