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Environment

Environment
Spreading Rock Dust on Your Crops — for the Planet
By Diana Kruzman
Sustainability
The Antlers Tell the Story
By Katie Ellig
Environment
When the Fish Won’t Breed
By Ashley Stimpson
Environment
The Tiniest GMOs
By Charlie Jaay
Land
Maybe It’s Fine to Abandon Cropland
By Emma Glassman-Hughes
Environment
Retro Pest Control: Inviting Birds Back to the Farm
By Emma Castleberry
Environment
Invasive Oyster Mushrooms Are Thriving
By Laura Reiley
Environment
Can a Farm Survive on an Old Coal Mine?
By Eve Andrews & Kristian Thacker
Environment
Can Hemp Fix Agriculture’s PFAS Problem?
By Libby Leonard
Environment
Harnessing the Power of Mushrooms to Clean Up Our Soil
By Rebecca McCray
Environment
Bovines and Biocrusts
By Sarah Arnoff Yeoman
Environment
All Around the Mountain Valley Pipeline, Farmers Are Losing Access to Clean Water
By Eve Andrews
Environment
Not All Earthworms Are Cool
By Ethan Freedman
Environment
Algal Blooms Are a Problem — They Could Also Be a Solution
By Moira Donovan
Land
For Struggling Cranberry Farmers, Wetland Restoration Offers a Way Out — or a Chance at Survival
By James Reddick
Sustainability
Scientists Are Warming Up to “Soil Health” — if They Can Agree on a Definition
By Ula Chrobak
Environment
New York’s Sludge Wars Are Personal
By Lela Nargi
Sustainability
The High Plains Aquifer Is Approaching a Point of No Return
By Donavyn Coffey
Perspective
Colorado’s Water Wars
By Maggie Gelbwaks
Environment
How to Unbraid a River
By Sarah Mock
Sustainability
Where Soil is Holy, and Climate Change Is Seldom Mentioned
By Eve Andrews
Environment
Is Dirtier Farm Air Giving Farmers ‘Smoke Brain’?
By Daniel Walton
Environment
In Defense of Frost
By Lewis Kendall
Land
For Monarchs, Milkweed Matters More than Pesticides
By Ethan Freedman
Crops
Made in the Shade
By Daniel Walton
Environment
From Foe to Friend, (Some) Ranchers Are Welcoming Beavers Back
By Sara Ventiera
Environment
Learning to Love Rocks
By Ethan Freedman
Environment
Prisoners Are Saving Western Rangelands
By Sara Ventiera
Environment
Rising Waters, Sinking Prospects
By Lois Parshley
Supply Chain
Everyone Wants to Repair Our Damaged Ecosystems — But Where Are the Seeds?
By Jesse Hirsch
Environment
Is the War on Cheatgrass Unwinnable?
By Sara Ventiera
Environment
Iowa’s Water Crisis Isn’t Drying Up Anytime Soon
By Shelby Vittek
Studies
Farmland flooding could help with both extreme weather and depleted aquifers. But will it contaminate drinking water?
By Caroline Tracey
Studies
What Explosions in Space Tell Us About Agricultural Erosion
By Caroline Tracey
Livestock
Shooting Feral Cattle From Helicopters
By Shea Swenson
Sustainability
In Texas, Climate Change and Food Security Are Closely Linked
By Lauryn Higgins
Technology
Polar Farming: Growing Produce in the World’s Northernmost Town
By Aishwarya Jagani
Environment
Will Rising Temperatures Force Cranberry Production to Move North?
By Shelby Vittek
Environment
Some of Oregon’s Irrigation Systems Are More Than 100 Years Old, and It Shows
By Lela Nargi
Environment
Winter Rain Keeps Increasing — And It’s Exponentially Increasing Toxic Farm Runoff
By Jesse Hirsch
Legislation
Some States Are Moving to Ban Neonic Pesticides. Is This the Best Way to Support Pollinators — and Farmers?
By Lela Nargi
Sustainability
One of the World’s Strangest — and Most Critical — Fisheries Is in Serious Danger
By Emma Penrod
Sustainability
British “Rewilding” Effort Merges Husbandry, Carbon Sequestration, and Conservation
By James FitzGerald