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Chipotle queso blanco
Environment

Inside Chipotle’s two-year process of reinventing its queso

By Stan Horaczek

wasps
Environment

A healthy wasp microbiome can fend off pesticides

By Kate Baggaley

tractor spraying insecticide over field
Environment

Pesticide testing is flawed—and it’s harming our birds and bees

By Ula Chrobak

flooded field with silo in background
Environment

Last year’s historic floods ruined 20 million acres of farmland

By Amal Ahmed

Close up of fresh organic super food salad in white bowl with fork on side and olive oil, red wine vinegar and lemons
Health

Why romaine lettuce keeps getting recalled

By Molly Glick

a bunch of small tomatoes
Health

These gene-edited tomatoes grow in cute little bouquets suited to urban farming

By Kat Eschner

a pile of french fries and a bowl of ketchup
Environment

Our french fry supply is safe for now, but the future is uncertain

By Kat Eschner

colorful carrots with locally grown tag attached
Environment

Is organic food bad for the environment?

By Ula Chrobak

Brazilian farmers owe Monsanto $7.7 billion, court rules
Environment

Brazilian farmers owe Monsanto $7.7 billion, court rules

By Karine Eliane Peschard/The Conversation

This map shows how food travels from farms to your home
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This map shows how food travels from farms to your home

By Megan Konar/The Conversation

How China got the first seedling to sprout on the moon
Environment

How China got the first seedling to sprout on the moon

By Grace Wade

cherries and strawberries
Environment

We should all take a month off of red meat

By Joe Brown

Humans started transforming Earth a lot earlier than we thought
Environment

Humans started transforming Earth a lot earlier than we thought

By Ula Chrobak

We’re barreling towards another Dust Bowl
Environment

We’re barreling towards another Dust Bowl

By Erin Blakemore

A great climate comes from happy soil. Could happy soil come from California?
Environment

A great climate comes from happy soil. Could happy soil come from California?

By Ula Chrobak

We can’t stop climate change unless we drastically change how we use our land
Environment

We can’t stop climate change unless we drastically change how we use our land

By Ula Chrobak

Feral hogs aren’t coming for our kids, but they’re definitely coming for our calves
Environment

Feral hogs aren’t coming for our kids, but they’re definitely coming for our calves

By Marion Renault

We don’t know what a happy chicken looks like, and that’s a big problem
Environment

We don’t know what a happy chicken looks like, and that’s a big problem

By Mary Baxter/The Conversation

Save the world by saving your plants’ seeds
Environment

Save the world by saving your plants’ seeds

By Sarah Witman

Feral pigs are ruining ecosystems across 35 states and hunting is making it worse
Environment

Feral pigs are ruining ecosystems across 35 states and hunting is making it worse

By Ula Chrobak

We waste 40 percent of the food we grow—here’s where it goes
Environment

We waste 40 percent of the food we grow—here’s where it goes

By Jake Bittle

grapes on the vine in a vineyard
Environment

Artificial intelligence could help farmers water only the thirsty plants

By Jeremy Deaton

Scientists just debunked a major myth about heirloom wheat
Environment

Scientists just debunked a major myth about heirloom wheat

By Kat Eschner

Here’s how much a chocolate bar made without child labor would cost
Environment

Here’s how much a chocolate bar made without child labor would cost

By Donavyn Coffey

Humans can’t manage this invasive fly—but a mind-controlling fungi might
Environment

Humans can’t manage this invasive fly—but a mind-controlling fungi might

By Marion Renault

Watering space plants is hard, but NASA has a plan
Environment

Watering space plants is hard, but NASA has a plan

By Ellen Airhart

Meet the ‘Oyster Wench’—a single mom fighting pollution with the power of clams and kelp
Environment

Meet the ‘Oyster Wench’—a single mom fighting pollution with the power of clams and kelp

By Marlene Cimons

African swine fever has killed a million pigs—and isn’t slowing down
Environment

African swine fever has killed a million pigs—and isn’t slowing down

By Kaitlin Sullivan

To protect the world’s pasta, scientists peered inside fettuccine’s DNA
Environment

To protect the world’s pasta, scientists peered inside fettuccine’s DNA

By Kat Eschner

At the height of the Peruvian guano boom, people mined poop instead of gold
Environment

At the height of the Peruvian guano boom, people mined poop instead of gold

By Alice Outwater

Young farmers are challenging convention to improve sustainability
Environment

Young farmers are challenging convention to improve sustainability

By Marlene Cimons

Oroville flood 1964 California floods drought
Environment

Why California’s droughts and floods will only get worse

By Ula Chrobak

Tree forest above greening Earth satellite agriculture carbon
Environment

Why our blue planet is getting greener

By Ula Chrobak

The Green New Deal could help farmers help the planet
Environment

The Green New Deal could help farmers help the planet

By Jeremy Deaton

a field of wheat
Environment

These genetic ‘goggles’ could help us engineer wildly resilient crops

By Kat Eschner

Sex, starvation, and saltwater moats: snail farms are wilder than you could ever imagine
Environment

Sex, starvation, and saltwater moats: snail farms are wilder than you could ever imagine

By Eleanor Cummins

Humanity’s obsession with chocolate may go back much further than we thought
Environment

Humanity’s obsession with chocolate may go back much further than we thought

By Neel V. Patel

Gene editing could turn this wild orphan fruit into your new favorite berry
Health

Gene editing could turn this wild orphan fruit into your new favorite berry

By Neel V. Patel

Several dozen bees crawl across a yellow honeycomb.
Environment

Weedkiller weakens bees by messing with their microbiomes

By Jillian Mock

During a hurricane, where does all the pig poop go? Into your water.
Environment

During a hurricane, where does all the pig poop go? Into your water.

By Jennifer Lu

Humans have been messing with the climate for thousands of years
Environment

Humans have been messing with the climate for thousands of years

By Marlene Cimons

Burnt bread shows that our ancestors were baking 4,000 years before agriculture
Environment

Burnt bread shows that our ancestors were baking 4,000 years before agriculture

By Mary Beth Griggs

Pesticides are making bees dumber
Environment

Pesticides are making bees dumber

By Kat Eschner

A snake with blue eyes
Environment

These snakes slurp snails, and that’s great for farmers

By Anna Brooks

Farmer plowing field
Environment

Small farmers are mixing old equipment with new tech

By Eleanor Cummins

NASA is learning the best way to grow food in space
Environment

NASA is learning the best way to grow food in space

By Sarah Scoles

Cleaner pig poop could reduce bacon’s environmental burden
Environment

Cleaner pig poop could reduce bacon’s environmental burden

By Marlene Cimons

What to expect from the new GMO labels we’re getting in 2020
Environment

What to expect from the new GMO labels we’re getting in 2020

By Sara Chodosh

How to brew worm tea
DIY

How to brew worm tea

By Rob Verger

Chocolate bar
Environment

Keep your love of chocolate from destroying the planet with this one easy fix

By Marlene Cimons

The first Antarctic greenhouse harvest may lettuce go to Mars
Environment

The first Antarctic greenhouse harvest may lettuce go to Mars

By Kat Eschner

Blue Agave
Environment

For the booze business, going green is a matter of survival

By Eleanor Cummins

Cow poop could help us make clean(er) energy
Environment

Cow poop could help us make clean(er) energy

By Marlene Cimons

Scientists are trying to figure out where the heck horses came from
Environment

Scientists are trying to figure out where the heck horses came from

By Jan Hoole/The Conversation

Bats help grow our crops, but climate change has them on the move
Environment

Bats help grow our crops, but climate change has them on the move

By Marlene Cimons

Americans used to eat pigeon all the time—and it could be making a comeback
Environment

Americans used to eat pigeon all the time—and it could be making a comeback

By Eleanor Cummins

Scientists are speed breeding plants in a race to beat climate change
Environment

Scientists are speed breeding plants in a race to beat climate change

By Marlene Cimons

We spend most of the year eating really, really old apples. Why do they taste so good?
Environment

We spend most of the year eating really, really old apples. Why do they taste so good?

By Sara Chodosh

If we all stopped eating beef, what would happen to the land?
Environment

If we all stopped eating beef, what would happen to the land?

By Kendra Pierre-Louis

Bee sits on yellow flower.
Environment

Want to help the bees? Keep these out of your garden.

By Ellen Airhart

To fight antibiotic resistance, we need higher taxes—or fewer meat eaters
Environment

To fight antibiotic resistance, we need higher taxes—or fewer meat eaters

By Kendra Pierre-Louis

To save the planet, scientists figured out how to fix cow farts
Environment

To save the planet, scientists figured out how to fix cow farts

By Marlene Cimons

aerial crop art keystone pipeline
Environment

This land is (still) their land. Meet the Nebraskan farmers fighting Keystone XL

By Kendra Pierre-Louis

dog
Environment

The truth about cat and dog food

By Marlene Cimons