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‘A matter of life and death’: How disaster response endangers US farmworkers
In a Grist exclusive, a new report finds that data gaps end up putting vulnerable communities at even more risk.
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Plants and their pollinators are increasingly out of sync
As global temperatures rise and seasons shift, bees and other pollinators are missing critical connections with flowers and crops.
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![A woman farmer in Zimbabwe in a field of wilting crops]()
![A woman farmer in Zimbabwe in a field of wilting crops]()
One in 11 people went hungry last year. Climate change is a big reason why.
Hunger and food insecurity are no longer merely benchmarks of public health. They are symptoms of a warming world.
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Can Florida’s orange growers survive another hurricane season?
A perfect storm of hurricanes, diseases, and water scarcity threatens to wipe out the state's famed citrus industry.
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![A straight-on view of packages of Beyond Meat and Impossible Burger products lining grocery store shelves]()
![A straight-on view of packages of Beyond Meat and Impossible Burger products lining grocery store shelves]()
Plant-based meat needs government support to scale up, but a culture war stands in the way
Public funding helped electric vehicles go mainstream. Are alternative proteins next — or are they too polarizing?
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La gente que alimenta a Estados Unidos está pasando hambre
El cambio climático está agravando una crisis nacional, dejando a los trabajadores agrícolas con platos vacíos y costos en aumento.
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Inside a new experiment to find the climate-proof coffee of the future
An international public-private partnership is supercharging coffee breeding to save your morning brew.
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![Collage of farmworkers carrying produce, snippets of a dollar bill, and tomatoes — all centered around an empty dinner plate]()
![Collage of farmworkers carrying produce, snippets of a dollar bill, and tomatoes — all centered around an empty dinner plate]()
The people who feed America are going hungry
Climate change is escalating a national crisis, leaving farmworkers with empty plates and mounting costs.
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![People receive free food at a distribution site after a hurricane.]()
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Hunger was already bad enough. Then Beryl hit.
Food spoils when the power goes out, exposing more people to hunger and food insecurity. But the crisis goes deeper than that.
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When is it safe to burn fields? In Thailand, farmers can turn to a new app to check.
Researchers at Chiang Mai University developed a system that aims to reduce deadly smog from agricultural burning, while shifting the blame away from farmers.
