Climate Food and Agriculture
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![blue pipes with red turner valves stretch across the ground and into the sunset]()
![blue pipes with red turner valves stretch across the ground and into the sunset]()
Pipe dreams: Why far-fetched Western water projects won’t go away
There are at least half a dozen major Western water pipeline projects under consideration, ranging from ambitious to outlandish.
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![Collage: an open mouth surrounded by leaves, chopsticks, plates with leafy greens on them, plants growing up from cracks in sidewalks, and a wok with a pile of leaves inside it]()
![Collage: an open mouth surrounded by leaves, chopsticks, plates with leafy greens on them, plants growing up from cracks in sidewalks, and a wok with a pile of leaves inside it]()
How foraging for edible plants helped me connect with my roots
What started as foraging for mugwort in New York City became a new way to think about migration and belonging.
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![red and green cherry tomatoes grow on bamboo poles in front of a block of apartment buildings]()
![red and green cherry tomatoes grow on bamboo poles in front of a block of apartment buildings]()
Study: Tomatoes grown in lead-contaminated soil appear safe to eat
It's good news for tomato lovers, mixed for urban gardeners.
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![A droopy stalk of wheat silhouetted in the sunset.]()
![A droopy stalk of wheat silhouetted in the sunset.]()
Heatflation: How sizzling temperatures drive up food prices
As heat waves strike Europe and China, crops are withering.
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Toxic algal blooms are driving up water costs in the Great Lakes
In Toledo, Ohio, monitoring and treating algae-contaminated water from Lake Erie costs $100 per family per year.
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![Cotton fields near the town of Ralls, about 30 miles east of Lubbock, on June 22.]()
![Cotton fields near the town of Ralls, about 30 miles east of Lubbock, on June 22.]()
West Texas farmers and ranchers fear the worst as drought, heat near 2011 records
2011 was the driest year on record for Texas, causing an estimated cost of $7.62 billion in crop and livestock losses. A dry and hot June has many sounding alarm bells about 2022.
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As North Carolina warms, one farm is turning to a tropical crop: Taro
It’s part of a larger effort to make the food system more resilient to climate change — and more delicious.
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![A front facing portrait of Kaipo Kekona, an Indigenous Hawaiian farmer.]()
![A front facing portrait of Kaipo Kekona, an Indigenous Hawaiian farmer.]()
The farmers restoring Hawaii’s ancient food forests that once fed an island
Maui is a hub for GMO research, but Indigenous farmers are trying to bring back the abundant and thriving landscapes of their ancestors.
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![A passenger plane approaching Hannover Airport flies over a canola field.]()
![A passenger plane approaching Hannover Airport flies over a canola field.]()
Pollen and heat: A looming challenge for global agriculture
Farmers and scientists are increasingly observing that unusually high springtime temperatures can kill pollen and interfere with the fertilization of crops.
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![animated gif of pacman and trash can eating ugly vegetables]()
![animated gif of pacman and trash can eating ugly vegetables]()
The ugly produce industry faces an ugly question. Now it’s trying to solve it.
How do you really know those veggies would have gone to waste?
