Nov 28 Arizona alfalfa farmers clash with foreign firms over water use By Anita Snow, Thomas Machowicz, Associated Press Concerns about the Earth’s groundwater supplies are front of mind in the lead-up to COP28, the annual United Nations climate summit opening this week in the Emirati city of Dubai. Continue reading
Nov 19 Sugar sees global price hike after crops in Asia hit by dry weather tied to El Nino By Aniruddha Ghosal, Chinedu Asadu, Associated Press Sugar worldwide is trading at the highest prices since 2011, mainly due to lower global supplies after unusually dry weather damaged harvests in India and Thailand, the world's second- and third-largest exporters. Continue reading
Aug 27 Watch 6:12 How climate change is disrupting the global food supply By John Yang, Harry Zahn The effects of climate change have been hard to miss across North America and Europe this summer: record heat, wildfires and warming oceans. There are also other, less obvious consequences that affect both the quantity and quality of food crops. Continue watching
Aug 26 Watch 8:00 Art and agriculture meet in collaborative Colorado exhibition By John Yang, Lorna Baldwin In Colorado’s Rocky Mountains, an innovative art exhibit uses multimedia collaborations between artists and farmers to explore the similarities between the two fields. More than 15 local and national artists and collectives teamed up with Boulder County farmers to create… Continue watching
Aug 21 After leaving prison, returning citizens find new ground on this Michigan farm By Frances Kai-Hwa Wang We the People Opportunity Farm is a nonprofit organization and organic farm changing the soil in people’s lives and reducing recidivism one seed at a time in in Ypsilanti Township, Michigan. Continue reading
Aug 13 Watch 4:55 Rural Montana factory closure disrupts local economy, farming community By Stan Parker, Montana PBS Farming can be an uncertain endeavor, at the mercy of the weather, pests and blight. But another sometimes unexpected factor for farmers around the country are the business decisions at the companies they rely on. In one small Montana community,… Continue watching
Jul 23 Watch 6:32 'Gaining Ground' highlights Black farmers' efforts to reclaim lost land By John Yang, Kaisha Young, Juliet Fuisz, Marconja Zor In 1910, about 14 percent of U.S. farmers were Black, owning more than 16 million acres. Now, according to the latest Census of Agriculture, only one in 100 farmers is Black, owning less than 5 million acres. A new documentary… Continue watching
Jul 21 Northeast farmers 'heartbroken' as floods devastate months of labor and crops are swept away By Steve LeBlanc, Associated Press Some of the hardest hit farms were located along rivers in Vermont where farmers who'd spent months nurturing tomato, watermelon and other plants saw their efforts wiped out in a matter of hours. Continue reading
May 22 Tipping Point: Agriculture on the brink -- A PBS NewsHour Special By Miles O'Brien As the world's population expands-- with some United Nations estimates saying it will reach nearly 10 billion people in the next three decades--as do concerns about how to feed the population sustainably. Continue reading
May 16 How is climate change affecting farming? Send us your questions By Dan Cooney PBS NewsHour is hosting a live discussion called “Tipping Point: Agriculture on the Brink.” We want to hear from you as part of the event. Continue reading