Transforming the Delta | Food and Environment Reporting Network
Dec 20, 2024 · In the last third of the nineteenth century, the Delta was a place people flocked to, a land of opportunity for Blacks and whites alike. Cotton farming had begun before the Civil …
In California, a native people fight to recover their stolen waters
May 16, 2024 · For the Nüümü, the water war started in the 1800s, with the arrival of white people in their homeland. At the time, the valley was lush and green, its river banks lined with willows …
A palm oil company, a group of U.S. venture capitalists, and the ...
Dec 31, 2024 · In April, Michael Spoor invited me to spend a few days visiting Ocho Sur’s plantations and the surrounding communities. The company was losing buyers left and right. …
Report: agriculture runoff is leading cause of water pollution in the …
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USDA deregulates GM wheat, says it is safe to grow in U.S.
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The ranching industry’s toxic grass problem
Mar 27, 2024 · In the years since the Hamiltons converted their fields, the use of native warm-season grasses has gained momentum in the ranching industry. The University of Tennessee …
The strange future of lab-grown meat
Dec 17, 2024 · Before Peppou can unlock lower costs through scale, he needs to create demand for “weird meat” products that no one ever asked for. Whether that’s even possible “is a …
The battle to control America’s ‘most destructive’ species: feral pigs
Mar 26, 2021 · A layer of frost clings to the grass on the morning Anthony DeNicola sets out to check his trap. It’s late January in South Carolina. The sun is rising, the fog is lifting, and the …
Today’s quick hits, October 18, 2024
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Growing tobacco in the United States no longer makes sense
Feb 15, 2024 · In March 2003, a North Carolina tobacco farmer named Dwight Watson drove his tractor all the way north to Washington, D.C., parked it in the middle of the pond in an area …