Articles by Tom Philpott
Tom Philpott was previously Grist's food writer. He now writes for Mother Jones.
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One weird trick to fix farms forever
Does David Brandt hold the secret for turning industrial agriculture from global-warming problem to carbon solution?
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![How to make an arid region bloom: irrigated farm plots (between 0.5 and 1 mile in diameter) over the High Plains Aquifer in western Kansas.]()
![How to make an arid region bloom: irrigated farm plots (between 0.5 and 1 mile in diameter) over the High Plains Aquifer in western Kansas.]()
The real reason Kansas is running out of water
A new study finds that a small reduction in farmers' water use could help save Kansas agriculture. But why is it using so much water in the first place?
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6 mind-boggling facts about farms in China
China's industrial behemoth hasn't just fouled up the vast nation's water; it's also taken a big bite out of its land.
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Why this year’s Gulf dead zone is twice as big as last year’s
It's the fertilizer, stupid -- and runoff from factory animal farms. But it doesn't have to be that way.
