Food & Agriculture

North America’s Biggest Food Companies Are Struggling to Lower Their Greenhouse Gas Emissions

A new analysis finds that companies relying on agricultural commodities are making some progress, but decarbonizing the food system is proving difficult.

By Georgina Gustin

Tyson Foods Sued Over Emissions Reduction Promises

By Georgina Gustin

Ranchers Are Using Toxic Herbicides to Clear Forests in Brazil

By Georgina Gustin

The Key to Fix California’s Inadequate Water Storage? Put Water Underground, Scientists Say

By Caroline Marshall Reinhart

A Combination of Heat and Drought Walloped Virginia Vegetable Farmers

By Sean Sublette

As Climate Threats to Agriculture Mount, Could the Mississippi River Delta Be the Next California?

By Cassandra Stephenson, Illan Ireland and Phillip Powell, Tennessee Lookout

New Grant Will Further Research to Identify and Generate Biomass in California’s North San Joaquin Valley

By Ruchi Shahagadkar

EPA Thought Industry-Funded Scientists Could Support Its Conclusion That a Long-Regulated Pesticide Is Not a Cancer Risk

By Liza Gross

As Global Hunger Levels Remain Stubbornly High, Advocates Call for More Money to Change the Way the World Produces Food

By Georgina Gustin

VP Candidate Tim Walz Has Deep Connections to Agriculture and Conservation

By Georgina Gustin

Taking Over from the Inside: China’s Growing Reach Into Local Waters

By Ian Urbina, Pete McKenzie and Milko Schvartzman

White House Looks to Safeguard Groundwater Supplies as Aquifers Decline Nationwide

By Wyatt Myskow

The Most Expensive Farm Bill Ever Is Stalled, Holding Back Important Funds Aimed at Combating the Climate Crisis

By Georgina Gustin

Will the Nation’s First Heat Protection Standard Safeguard the Most Vulnerable Workers?

By Liza Gross

Widespread Flooding in Upper Midwest Decimates Farm Towns

By Nina Elkadi

Financing of Meat and Dairy Giants Grows Thanks to Big American Banks and Investors

By Georgina Gustin

Billions of Gallons of Freshwater Are Dumped at Florida’s Coasts. Environmentalists Want That Water in the Everglades

By Amy Green

Biofuel Refineries Are Releasing Toxic Air Pollutants in Farm Communities Across the US

By Georgina Gustin

Texas Droughts Are Getting Much More Expensive

By Dylan Baddour, Inside Climate News, and Alejandra Martinez, Texas Tribune