Climate Food and Agriculture
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How to sell an ‘ugly’ vegetable? Give it googly eyes.
Giving irregular-looking fruits and vegetables a personality could make them more appealing to consumers — and curb food waste.
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![Volunteer wearing high visibility vest and face mask carries bag of apples to someone's car]()
An unlikely line of defense during heat waves: Food banks
Food pantries and meals-on-wheels organizations are taking on a new role during climate emergencies.
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A new solution for flood-prone cities? Concrete made from shellfish waste.
Researchers have developed a type of concrete that uses discarded shells to trap water. It's now combating floods and food waste in urban gardens and along cycling paths.
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Scientists want to build a ‘doomsday’ vault on the moon
Climate change is threatening Earth's biodiversity. Could frozen regions of the moon be the best place to "back up" lifeforms?
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This simple farming technique can capture carbon for thousands of years
Across the world, farmers are turning waste biomass into biochar, improving soils, boosting yields, and creating a new source of income.
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![Frontal view of a large piece of John Deere farming equipment harvesting a field of soybeans]()
![Frontal view of a large piece of John Deere farming equipment harvesting a field of soybeans]()
Here’s how much cropland could be freed up if Americans ate half as much meat
A national flexitarian diet would reduce the amount of U.S. farmland by roughly the size of South Dakota.
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![A group of people sit in the soil]()
How can you tell if soil is healthy? Just listen to it.
First-of-its-kind research shows how "ecoacoustics" can help scientists monitor the health of soils — using underground critter concerts.
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![digital photo collage of a plant with different types of cheese growing on it instead of vegetables]()
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Vegan cheese that tastes like cheese? These startups may have cracked the code.
Next-generation cheese makers are using precision fermentation and AI to pursue the final frontier in plant-based foods.
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![Farmers hoeing between diagonal rows of broccoli.]()
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Farmworker advocates celebrate rare EPA ban of toxic pesticide
The immediate suspension of DCPA will spare workers' children "lifelong harm."
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‘Una cuestión de vida o muerte’: Cómo la respuesta ante desastres pone en peligro a los trabajadores agrícolas de EE. UU.
En una exclusiva de Grist, un nuevo reporte concluye que los vacíos en la información terminan poniendo a las comunidades vulnerables aún en mayor riesgo.
