Oct 09 Supreme Court grapples with animal welfare in a challenge to a California law requiring pork to be humanely raised By David Favre, The Conversation Should Californians be able to require higher welfare standards for farm animals that are raised in other states if products from those animals are to be sold in California? The U.S. Supreme Court will confront that question when it hears… Continue reading
Aug 31 Watch 8:45 Historic drought followed by flooding threatens crops and farms in East Africa By Fred de Sam Lazaro The toll from extreme weather has devastated vast regions of sub-Saharan Africa which are suffering from the worst drought conditions on record and a food crisis that ranges from severe to catastrophic. Correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro looks at one… Continue watching
Aug 20 Scorching heat in China wilts crops as farmers struggle with shrinking water supplies By Mark Schiefelbein, Associated Press Hundreds of persimmon trees that should be loaded with yellow fruit lie wilted in Gan Bingdong’s greenhouse in southwestern China, adding to mounting farm losses in a scorching summer that is the country’s driest in six decades. Continue reading
Jun 24 Heat is a pollen killer, and that’s a problem for the future of agriculture By Carolyn Beans, Yale Environment 360 Farmers and scientists are increasingly observing that unusually high springtime temperatures can kill pollen and interfere with the fertilization of crops. Researchers are now searching for ways to help pollen beat the heat, including developing more heat-tolerant varieties. Continue reading
Jun 10 Dutch government angers farmers with new emission goals By Associated Press The plan will lead to major upheavals in the Netherlands' multibillion dollar agriculture industry and has already angered some farmers. Continue reading
Feb 07 Watch 5:01 How a Kansas town became one of the nation’s first majority-Black farming communities By Fred de Sam Lazaro, Simeon Lancaster The wave of migration across the U.S. in the mid-1800's included people looking to live in open spaces, with land to grow crops and the opportunity to have a better life. After the Civil War, that included freed slaves and… Continue watching
Nov 05 This researcher seeks farming solutions that are easier on the land and more profitable By Isabella Isaacs-Thomas To feed the world and then some, farms and pastures take up a lot of space and inevitably take a significant toll on the environment. Continue reading
Sep 08 Watch 4:08 Indiana’s small, Black farmers struggle to keep their farms running By Brock E.W. Turner, Indiana Public Television Indiana’s agricultural tradition is well documented. From Indy 500 winners drinking milk to county fair midways and local 4-H animal exhibits, farming is always celebrated. But the national conversation around race is largely absent in many rural Indiana communities. From… Continue watching
Aug 10 We don’t know exactly how many people are dying from heat — here’s why By Chloe Jones, Cresencio Rodriguez-Delgado Data on heat deaths is sparse and undercounted, making it difficult to predict the impact of climate change as temperatures continue to rise. Continue reading
Aug 06 Farmworkers are dying in extreme heat. Few standards exist to protect them By Cresencio Rodriguez-Delgado, Chloe Jones Farmworkers in the United States facing mounting threats as temperatures rise with climate change, but they have little protection. Continue reading