A recent report from the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization shows the pace of deforestation worldwide slowed in the last decade. Clearing land for farming remains the leading cause of deforestatio...
205 viewsBig American fast-food chains have entered the fight against an alternative fuel policy that critics say is pushing up the price of food worldwide. In a new lobbying effort, they are calling on Congre...
213 viewsAs demand for meat, milk and eggs grows around the world, the way these products are produced is changing from small-scale production to large, industrial-scale operations. This transition has already...
218 viewsOpponents of genetically modified organisms are gaining ground in state legislatures around the United States. Advocates who want foods made with GMO ingredients to say so on the label scored victorie...
206 viewsOutdoor air pollution kills 3.7 million people per year around the world, according to the World Health Organization. The key to controlling the problem is knowing where it comes from. But that infor...
259 viewsThe effects of climate change fall especially hard on farmers around the world. In Kenya, rising temperatures, extreme weather and shifting rain patterns are complicating life for some 600,000 small-...
222 viewsFourteen years of drought are draining a key source of water for Los Angeles, Las Vegas and millions of hectares of U.S. farmland. Lake Mead supplies life-giving water to the arid Southwestern U.S. Bu...
266 viewsThe Southwestern United States is enduring the driest 15 years on record. It’s putting pressure on water supplies for 40 million people and more than two million hectares of farmland. One of the reg...
227 viewsIn the Southwestern United States, a prolonged drought is raising tensions over the shrinking waters of the Colorado River. Farms and cities each say the other should make sacrifices as the water supp...
224 viewsThe Southwestern United States will face a water crisis in the coming years. The Colorado River is region’s lifeblood, but fourteen years of drought are pushing the river to its limits. Cities in th...
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