Climate Food and Agriculture
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EDITOR’S NOTE
Grist has acquired the archive and brand assets of The Counter, a decorated nonprofit food and agriculture publication that we long admired, but that sadly ceased publishing in May of 2022.
The Counter had hit on a rich vein to report on, and we’re excited to not only ensure the work of the staffers and contractors of that publication is available for posterity, but to build on it. So we’re relaunching The Counter as a food and agriculture vertical within Grist, continuing their smart and provocative reporting on food systems, specifically where it intersects with climate and environmental issues. We’ve also hired two amazing new reporters to make our plan a reality.
Being back on the food and agriculture beat in a big way is critical to Grist’s mission to lead the conversation, highlight climate solutions, and uncover environmental injustices. What we eat and how it’s produced is one of the easiest entry points into the wider climate conversation. And from this point of view, climate change literally transforms into a kitchen table issue.
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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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Boosting crops for fuel will hurt water supplies, says report
Increased production of corn and other crops to fulfill America’s biofuel gluttony could threaten both availability and quality of water supplies, according to a report released today by the National […]
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EPA approves carcinogenic pesticide
Just when we think the U.S. EPA might have some sense, it goes and approves a carcinogenic pesticide, ignoring scientists’ warnings that “pregnant women and the fetus, children, the elderly, […]
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An autumn swim at Walden, a warm robe, and a piping hot bowl of soup
Walden Pond, a hit with tourists and Transcendentalists. Photo: Sonny Morningstar It’s an odd fraternity, the group of people who continue to swim at Walden Pond well past Labor Day. […]
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Inspired by the spinach scare, new California rules could wilt small farmers
This is a guest essay by Judith Redmond, co-owner of Northern California’s legendary Full Belly Farm and president of the Community Alliance with Family Farmers. California is on the verge […]
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Evaluating seafood choices just became a lot easier
Wondering whether the seafood entrée you are about to order at a restaurant is environmentally friendly? Pulling the Monterey Bay Aquarium's Seafood Watch Card out of your wallet to check it out is so 2006. Enter FishPhone, a text-messaging service provided by the Blue Ocean Institute.
Text 30644 on your cell phone with the message "FISH" and the name of the fish in question, and the BOI will get back to you within seconds. The FishPhone website allows mobile web users to look up seafood choices as well, and provides a "Guide to Ocean Friendly Seafood" that you can download to a handheld device.
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Pumpkin production is down for second year in a row
Halloween may still be four weeks away, but this story‘s already got me spooked: Scorching weather and lack of rain this summer wiped out some pumpkin crops from western New […]
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Federal officials claim ethanol, border fence green as can be
Well, phew. Ethanol’s not to blame for high food prices and a fence on the U.S.-Mexico border will actually benefit the environment. If we can’t believe the top federal farm […]
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Study suggests link between DDT exposure and breast cancer
Women exposed to the pesticide DDT as children are five times as likely to develop breast cancer, according to a study published in Environmental Health Perspectives. Draw your own conclusions.
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Today is World Vegetarian Day
It’s World Vegetarian Day, everyone! Go celebrate by pissing someone off.
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U.S. ethanol boom slowing due to market glut
The ethanol boom in the United States, the political darling of presidential candidates, farm-state lawmakers, and others, has recently been showing signs of slowing due to a market glut that’s […]
