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A ‘Last of Us’–style fungi outbreak could obliterate crops worldwide, researchers say: ‘The imminent threat here is not about zombies, but about global starvation’
Environment

A ‘Last of Us’–style fungi outbreak could obliterate crops worldwide, researchers say: ‘The imminent threat here is not about zombies, but about global starvation’

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May 4, 2023
Zambia coffin
Finance

Corn inflation is so bad in the Democratic Republic of Congo that some people are smuggling it through Zambia in coffins

By Taonga Clifford Mitimingi, Matthew Hill and Bloomberg
April 21, 2023
Urban tree planters
Environment

Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act means your city will get more trees—he gave urban canopy efforts a massive $1.5 billion in funding

By Susan Haigh and The Associated Press
April 21, 2023
Bat signal
Environment

Scientists light the bat signal on climate change as study finds 81 of North America’s 154 bats face ‘severe population decline’ over 15 years

By John Flesher and The Associated Press
April 17, 2023
The rules governing the Colorado River were made for a ‘previous world’ and the West is now confronting a 21st century nightmare as it runs dry
Environment

The rules governing the Colorado River were made for a ‘previous world’ and the West is now confronting a 21st century nightmare as it runs dry

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April 15, 2023
Hog processing plants risk going out of business because inflation has made pork so expensive
Environment

Hog processing plants risk going out of business because inflation has made pork so expensive

By Elizabeth Elkin and Jen Skerritt
April 14, 2023
Meat processing
Finance

Biden to Big Meat: Please try not to use child labor

By Josh Funk and The Associated Press
April 13, 2023
Fruit and vegetables are being rationed in U.K. supermarkets as farmers warn food resilience is ‘gone’
Lifestyle

Fruit and vegetables are being rationed in U.K. supermarkets as farmers warn food resilience is ‘gone’

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February 23, 2023
Farmer with tractors
Success

Farmers are outraged that manufacturers won’t let them fix machines, claiming trade secrecy

By Jesse Bedayn and The Associated Press
February 13, 2023
Farmers use $60 billion of pesticides each year. 2 MIT scientists have developed a new technology that could cut that number in half
Features

Farmers use $60 billion of pesticides each year. 2 MIT scientists have developed a new technology that could cut that number in half

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December 20, 2022
Rotting oranges laying on the ground in Florida after a hurricane.
Environment

Twin hurricanes just decimated Florida’s orange crop

By Curt Anderson and The Associated Press
December 9, 2022
The seaweed superfood revolution could end world hunger—and save the planet
Environment

The seaweed superfood revolution could end world hunger—and save the planet

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November 7, 2022
“We literally live on the stuff they pollinate”: This Arab-backed Israeli startup is helping save the world’s bees
Environment

“We literally live on the stuff they pollinate”: This Arab-backed Israeli startup is helping save the world’s bees

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October 31, 2022
Joe Biden
Politics

Joe Biden just wiped out $1.3 billion of debt for about 36,000 farmers. Thank his Inflation Reduction Act.

By David Pitt and The Associated Press
October 19, 2022
A Florida orange tree blown down from the Hurricane.
Environment

Hurricane Ian hit Florida so hard the state is going to have its smallest orange crop since 1943

By Marvin G. Perez and Bloomberg
October 12, 2022

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