5 Environmental Stories That Could Dominate In 2021
As the climate crisis worsens, the coronavirus pandemic rages, and Joe Biden prepares to take office, a look at big environmental stories that could define...
For the Hopi Tribe, withering corn crops show impact of climate change
For 2,000 years, the Hopi have been growing corn in an arid landscape, relying on the rains. Now climate change threatens their farming traditions.
In the most comprehensive study to date, researchers found that greener farming methods don’t compromise yields
Going green doesn’t always require a sacrifice. A recent study shows that farmers who embrace sustainable cultivation measures like soil tillage and the incorporation of...
How climate change is complicating a Thanksgiving staple
Billy McCaffrey trawled his hands through the cold, clear water, creating a small wake in the calm. Below the surface, the flooded vines of the...
The Future of Farm Conservation Programs Hinges on the Election
Dave McLaughlin’s central Pennsylvania farm has been in his wife’s family for seven generations. Their son now operates a dairy there, while McLaughlin grows corn,...
How Four Years of Trump Reshaped Food and Farming
In the midst of a global pandemic, a rushed Supreme Court confirmation, and a reckoning with racial justice, food and farming have been on the...
New carbon capture project could help corn growers
A new carbon capture project across from the Blue Flint ethanol facility near Underwood, North Dakota has begun, in an effort to prevent the more...
What Impacts Do the West Coast Wildfires, Smoke Have on Crops?
On September 12, Iverson Family Farms posted ominous images on social media of their fields under a ruddy red sky, thick with a stagnant, dense...