Agriculture
EnvironmentA ‘Last of Us’–style fungi outbreak could obliterate crops worldwide, researchers say: ‘The imminent threat here is not about zombies, but about global starvation’
By Tristan BoveMay 4, 2023
FinanceCorn 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 BloombergApril 21, 2023
EnvironmentJoe 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 PressApril 21, 2023
EnvironmentScientists 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 PressApril 17, 2023
EnvironmentThe 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
By Tristan BoveApril 15, 2023
EnvironmentHog processing plants risk going out of business because inflation has made pork so expensive
By Elizabeth Elkin and Jen SkerrittApril 14, 2023
By Josh Funk and The Associated PressApril 13, 2023
LifestyleFruit and vegetables are being rationed in U.K. supermarkets as farmers warn food resilience is ‘gone’
By Chloe TaylorFebruary 23, 2023
By Jesse Bedayn and The Associated PressFebruary 13, 2023
FeaturesFarmers use $60 billion of pesticides each year. 2 MIT scientists have developed a new technology that could cut that number in half
By Ian MountDecember 20, 2022
By Curt Anderson and The Associated PressDecember 9, 2022
By Lucy SherriffNovember 7, 2022
Environment“We literally live on the stuff they pollinate”: This Arab-backed Israeli startup is helping save the world’s bees
By Shoshanna SolomonOctober 31, 2022
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