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FILE PHOTO: A placard is displayed on a tractor as Polish farmers protest over price pressures, taxes and green regulation, grievances shared by farmers across Europe, in Wroclaw, Poland, February 15, 2024. The placard reads: "I am a farmer! And not the Union's slave!" Tomasz Pietrzyk/Agencja Wyborcza.pl via REUTERS

World Feb 17

‘We have reached the end of our rope.’ Why farmers around the world are protesting

By Ali Rogin, Claire Mufson

World Aug 27

ClimateAction
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How climate change is disrupting the global food supply

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.

By John Yang, Harry Zahn

World Jun 06

Wheat is seen in a field near the southern Ukranian city of Nikolaev July 8, 2013. Photo by Vincent Mundy/REUTERS
Global wheat prices jump following collapse of major dam in southern Ukraine

The destruction of Kakhovka dam and hydroelectric power station, which sits on the Dnieper River in an area that Moscow controls, raised anxiety about a potential disruption to global supplies.

By Wyatte Grantham-Philips, Associated Press

Economy Mar 22

FILE PHOTO: A combine harvests wheat in a field in Kyiv region
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Russia’s war in Ukraine disrupts worldwide food prices and supply

The Black Sea region straddling Russia and Ukraine is known as the “breadbasket of Europe” because of the bounty from its fertile soil. But since the Russian invasion farmers have left those fields for safety or to take up arms,…

By Stephanie Sy, Maea Lenei Buhre

Nation May 01

Some meat plants reopen, but Trump order may not be cure-all

Meatpackers still have a workforce likely to be depleted by illness or unwillingness to risk illness. Even plants that keep the production lines moving will have to do so more slowly, renewing concerns about whether Americans will get as much…

By Stephen Groves

Mar 15

How the New York pizza slice became universal

By Nsikan Akpan, Jamie Leventhal

A new book explains how simple inventions, like the New York City pizza oven, allow certain food producers to dominate their global supply chains.

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Jan 25

5 ways drones could change the way America eats

By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press

The Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International, a trade group, says agriculture could account for 80 percent of all commercial drone use, once government regulations allow it.

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Sep 13

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How will China feed its growing middle class?

By PBS News Hour

China consumes half of the world's pork. And the country's growing middle class — bigger than the population of the United States — wants more meat. Nathan Halverson of The Center for Investigative Reporting looks at how China plans to…

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Apr 15

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In Nigeria, Scarce Water Supply and High Food Prices Leave Families Hungry

NewsHour special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on how a scarcity of water and high supply costs are hindering efforts to improve Nigeria's food supply.

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Jul 03

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Asian Carp Disrupts Life in Illinois Rivers

The Asian carp, first brought to U.S. waterways to eat overabundant algae, is becoming a major menace to fishermen in states such as Illinois by gobbling up plankton and depriving other fish of food.

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