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Georgina Gustin

Reporter, Washington, D.C.

Georgina Gustin covers agriculture for Inside Climate News, and has reported on the intersections of farming, food systems and the environment for much of her journalism career.  Her work has won numerous awards, including the John B. Oakes Award for Distinguished Environmental Journalism and the Glenn Cunningham Agricultural Journalist of the Year, which she shared with Inside Climate News colleagues. She has worked as a reporter for The Day in New London, Conn., the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and CQ Roll Call, and her stories have appeared in The New York Times, Washington Post and National Geographic’s The Plate, among others. She is a graduate of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and the University of Colorado at Boulder.
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A combine harvests corn into a grain wagon on a farm in Iowa. Credit: Curt Maas/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

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

By Georgina Gustin

The Environmental Working Group lawsuit accuses Tyson of deceiving consumers by failing to provide a realistic plan to reduce its emissions or even measure them. Credit: Richard Hamilton Smith /Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Tyson Foods Sued Over Emissions Reduction Promises

By Georgina Gustin

Cattle graze in an area near recent deforestation in the state of Acre, Brazil on July 14, 2022. Credit: Rafael Vilela/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Ranchers Are Using Toxic Herbicides to Clear Forests in Brazil

By Georgina Gustin

A farmer walks through his field of dried-up crops in the Butha-Buthe District of Lesotho on Aug. 7. Credit: Phill Magakoe/AFP via Getty Images

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

By Georgina Gustin

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz attends the Farmfest agricultural forum on Aug. 2, 2023 in Morgan, Minnesota. Credit: Glen Stubbe/Star Tribune via Getty Images

VP Candidate Tim Walz Has Deep Connections to Agriculture and Conservation

By Georgina Gustin

Ranking member David Scott (left) and Chairman Glenn Thompson conduct a House Committee on Agriculture hearing on March 28, 2023. Credit: Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images

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

By Georgina Gustin

Dairy cows are lined up on a farm contracted by the Dairy Farmers of America in Greeley, Colorado. Credit: Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post via Getty Images

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

By Georgina Gustin

A view of the POET ethanol plant in Lake Crystal, Minn. Credit: Jerry Holt/Star Tribune via Getty Images

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

By Georgina Gustin

The Environmental Working Group published a new analysis on Wednesday outlining its efforts to push the USDA for more transparency, including asking for specific rationale in allowing brands to label beef as “climate friendly.” Credit: Carolyn Van Houten/The Washington Post via Getty Images

The Department of Agriculture Rubber-Stamped Tyson’s “Climate Friendly” Beef, but No One Has Seen the Data Behind the Company’s Claim

By Georgina Gustin

A boy collects water from a shallow well on Feb. 24, 2024 in Lusaka, Zambia. Credit: Luke Dray/Getty Images

Zambians Feel the Personal Consequences of Climate Change—and Dream of a Sustainable Future

By Georgina Gustin

Beef cattle are gathered in pens at the JBS Beef Plant in Greeley, Colo. The New York State Attorney General recently filed a lawsuit against JBS, the world’s largest beef company. Credit: Andy Cross/The Denver Post via Getty Images

As Legal Challenges Against the Fossil Fuel Industry Notch Some Successes, Are Livestock Companies the Next Target?

By Georgina Gustin

Cows gathered on a feedlot in Quemado, Texas on June 14, 2023. Credit: Brandon Bell/Getty Images

The Livestock Industry’s Secret Weapons: Expert Academics

By Georgina Gustin

A new report says that the USDA's spending on methane digesters leads to larger dairy herds, which in turn produces more methane. Credit: Adam Glanzman/The Washington Post via Getty Images

The Biden Administration is Spending Its ‘Climate Smart’ Funding in the Wrong Places, According to New Analyses

By Georgina Gustin

The Harris Cattle Ranch feedlot is the largest producer of beef in California. While the number of cattle drops around the country, the cattle in large dairies and feedlots continue to grow. Credit: George Rose/Getty Images

As the Number of American Farms and Farmers Declines, Agriculture Secretary Urges Climate Action to Reverse the Trend

By Georgina Gustin

A ferry boat is seen stranded at the Marina do Davi, a docking area of the Negro River in the city of Manaus, Amazonas State, northern Brazil, on October 16, 2023. The Negro River is facing the worst dry season of the last decades in the Amazon rainforest. Credit: Michael Dantas/AFP via Getty Images

A Historic and Devastating Drought in the Amazon Was Caused by Climate Change, Researchers Say

By Georgina Gustin

Fishermen sort through their catch from a trawl fishery in the Port of Molfetta on Dec. 1, 2023. Credit: Davide Pischettola/NurPhoto via Getty Images

A Common Fishing Practice Called Bottom Trawling Releases Significant Amounts of CO2 Into Earth’s Atmosphere

By Georgina Gustin

A view of cattle ruminating around a dairy farm in Escondido, Calif. Credit: Ariana Drehsler/AFP via Getty Images

Reducing Methane From Livestock Is Critical for Stabilizing the Climate, but Congress Continues to Block Farms From Reporting Emissions Anyway

By Georgina Gustin, Phil McKenna

Activists protest for equitable global food production on day 11 of the COP28 Climate Conference as negotiations go into their final phase on Dec. 11 in Dubai. Credit: Sean Gallup/Getty Images

A New UN ‘Roadmap’ Lays Out a Global Vision for Food Security and Emissions Reductions

By Georgina Gustin

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