Climate Food and Agriculture
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Scary maps show how bad California’s water shortage is
Just how bad is California's water shortage? Really, really bad, according to these maps.
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The New Yorker food issue, ranked by kale factor
To assess this particular Moment in Food, there is no better gauge than counting the number of times a writer mentions kale.
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How can we get power to the poor without frying the planet?
Nearly 1.3 billion people lack access to electricity, but bringing them up to a western level of consumption of fossil fuels will fry the planet. What's the ethical path forward?
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No, sorry, but Peru is not organic-food heaven
Peru may have banned GMOs, but the success it has seen in feeding its people has a lot more to do with smart economic policies.
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Craft brewers join the fight against natural gas pipelines
At the base of the Blue Ridge, a battle is brewing over a massive pipeline designed to pull shale gas to the Atlantic Coast.
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So long, Soylent. World remembers that eating rules
Its popularity may be waning as folks try to offload the stuff on Craigslist. No powdery tears were cried for the bland meal replacement.
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Serious about saving the bees? Time to rethink agriculture
It's not as easy as banning pesticides and boosting honeybees. We need to make our farms function more like wild ecosystems.
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Hello humans, I’d like to tell you about plant blood
Scientists are now producing "blood" from plants and using it to liven up veggie burgers. A member of one deeply affected community weighs in.
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This killer app will change the way we eat forever
In startup-land, Carrot is all the rage. To understand why, you'll have to learn what "organoleptic" means.
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Finding the magic and manure in one family’s farming chronicles
The Brockman family writes about the challenges of the seasons, the hard realities of farming organically, and the turmoil of climate change.
