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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Vegetarians Are Ruining the Planet
Cargill pushes soy farming that’s obliterating the Amazon Soy production has overtaken logging and cattle ranching as the main source of Amazon rainforest destruction. In the past three years, nearly […]
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Sustainable and vegetarian cuisine is on show in Sin City
Quick: Where can you eat vegan doughnuts for breakfast, vegetarian Chinese for lunch, and 13-bean soup for an afternoon snack? Hint: In the same city, you can feast on sustainable […]
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USDA will soon decide how much pasture time organic dairy cows should get
With demand for organic milk soaring, the stakes are high in the debate over what exactly "organic milk" is -- and that debate will soon be settled, at least from a legal standpoint, by the USDA's National Organic Program.
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Aw, Shucks
Ethanol ain’t all it’s cracked up to be, new study says A new study casts serious doubt on ethanol’s status as a green wonder-fuel. In the Proceedings of the National […]
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Outstripped
Demand for organics outpacing local supply With demand for organic food soaring in the U.S. and U.K., manufacturers of organic products are struggling to find adequate supplies of organic ingredients […]
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Olive Twist
“Climate-change farmer” plants England’s first olive grove Britain’s first olive grove has been planted in Devon in southwestern England — made possible by global warming. Traditionally an iconic crop of […]
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Seedom Is on the March
Millions of seed varieties to be secured in new Arctic vault Construction kicked off yesterday on a high-security vault to be dug into a frozen mountainside on a remote Norwegian […]
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AZM Grace
EPA will phase out highly toxic pesticide If you’ve been avoiding Brussels sprouts because of pesticide contamination — as opposed to the grossness — you’re in luck: by next year, […]
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Could the battle for South Central Farm be coming to a close?
The scene at South Central Farm would look familiar to anyone who’s ever attended a multi-day protest: there’s a makeshift kitchen to feed the masses, a small sound stage, a […]
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Readers Digest
Time series points out eco-benefits of eating smart Time‘s latest issue features a series called “Eating Smart,” which includes a handful of enviro-tastic articles. One offers the revelation that grass-fed […]
