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- Meatpackers drafted Trump order on meat plants during Covid-19 https://thefern.org/ag_insider/meatpackers-drafted-trump-order-on-meat-plants-during-covid-19/ 6 comments
- Building a backup bee: A novel replacement for the embattled honeybee https://thefern.org/2018/02/building-backup-bee/ 38 comments
- Want farmers to protect the environment? https://thefern.org/2024/01/want-farmers-to-embrace-conservation-leverage-their-subsidies/ 3 comments environment
- Back Forty: California’s ‘Big Melt’ was a disaster. It could have been much worse | Food and Environment Reporting Network https://thefern.org/blog_posts/back-forty-californias-big-melt-was-a-disaster-it-could-have-been-much-worse/ 5 comments environment
- Why are we paying for crop failures in the desert? | Food and Environment Reporting Network https://thefern.org/2023/08/why-are-we-paying-for-crop-failures-in-the-desert/ 7 comments environment
- Can mushrooms prevent megafires? | FERN Story https://thefern.org/2023/07/can-mushrooms-prevent-megafires/ 2 comments environment
- Is seaweed farming a climate savior or 'Monsanto of the sea'? https://thefern.org/2023/06/climate-savior-or-monsanto-of-the-sea/ 2 comments environment
- Body of research raises questions about ability of cover crops to lower greenhouse gas emissions | cover crops reduce yield, barrier to adoption https://thefern.org/2022/12/a-pillar-of-the-climate-smart-agriculture-movement-is-on-shaky-ground/ 13 comments science
- A pillar of the climate-smart agriculture movement is on shaky ground | Cover crops reduce yield, barrier to adoption https://thefern.org/2022/12/a-pillar-of-the-climate-smart-agriculture-movement-is-on-shaky-ground/ 3 comments science
- In fewer than 100 years, seed-saving, a practice that had always been essential to human survival, went from mainstream to something most of us are barely aware of, something happening at the fringes of our food culture — small farms, Native communities, survivalists. https://thefern.org/2022/11/what-seed-saving-can-tell-us-about-the-end-of-the-world/ 6 comments environment
- Shouting “Iowans, not investors,” “No eminent domain for private gain,” and “Our farms, not for sale,” several hundred people in Des Moines protested against carbon capture pipelines at an industry conference on Wednesday. https://thefern.org/ag_insider/todays-quick-hits-nov-10-2022/ 4 comments environment
- Pollination is at the heart of a plant's reproductive system, but climate change and rising heat are wreaking havoc on the process. One point is becoming alarmingly clear to scientists: heat is a pollen killer. https://thefern.org/2022/06/the-great-pollen-meltdown/ 3 comments environment
- So far, 2022 is California’s driest year on record — but that hasn’t stopped residents from watering their lawns. According to the state’s Department of Water Resources, Californians used almost 19 percent more water last March than they did in March two years ago. https://thefern.org/ag_insider/as-historic-drought-worsens-californians-increase-their-water-use/ 180 comments environment
- Amazon, Starbucks make workers’ rights group’s ‘Dirty Dozen’ https://thefern.org/ag_insider/amazon-starbucks-make-workers-rights-groups-dirty-dozen/ 2 comments economy
- BC’s inland rainforest — which once totaled over 1.3 million hectares — is endangered, according to International Union for Conservation of Nature criteria, and could experience ecological collapse within a decade if current logging rates continue. Historically, lumber and pulp mills processed most https://thefern.org/2022/03/the-fight-for-british-columbias-forests/ 3 comments environment
- This organic vegetables and flowers farm relies on birds — not pesticides or GMO — to control pests https://thefern.org/2021/07/this-farm-relies-on-birds-not-pesticides-to-control-pests/ 15 comments environment