Puerto Rico’s Small-Scale Farming Revolution
Faced with climate-related food shortages and vulnerabilities, Puerto Ricans are getting behind their local farmers.
Food
Scientists and Farmers Cite Food and Water as Major Climate Concerns
Experts discuss solutions for food and water crises as well as tips for journalists at a Covering Climate Now press briefing.
Water | In Their Element: Earth, Air, Fire, Water
Yurok people rely on California’s Klamath River for sustenance, but the dwindling fish population threatens food security.
Feed Conversion Ratios Help Explain Meat’s Outsized Climate Impact
Why is all meat accused of being worse for the climate than plants? The feed conversion ratio helps explain why.
Lab-Grown Meat: Future Climate Solution or Icky Science Experiment?
Lab-grown meat has the potential to be a more safe, ethical, and sustainable meat alternative. But the industry is facing a lot of hurdles.
Why Is Palm Oil So Controversial?
Seeing deforestation, habitat loss, climate change, and land theft, experts are calling for sweeping changes to the palm oil industry.
Climate Change Makes It Harder to Grow Coffee Beans, What Does That Mean for Us?
Coffee is a ridiculously sensitive plant, meaning even the tiniest changes in climate can eliminate many of the world’s current coffee growing regions and put farmers who often make as little as $2-3 per day in an even more difficult…
Upcycled Food Might Be the Future of Sustainability
Editor’s Note: This story is part of our partnership with Rewire. By Rachel Crowell Food waste is a big problem. Here in the U.S. alone, we’re throwing away an estimated $162 billion in food each year, and most of it…
Chocolate Facing Extinction?
Could chocolate go extinct? As part of “Peril and Promise: The Challenge of Climate Change,” the multi-platform public media initiative reporting on the human impact of climate change, we explore how global climate change is effecting the regions where some…
Sustainable Farming
From our partners at MetroFocus, a look at sustainable farming.
Could Indoor Farming Help Address Food Shortages?
By 2050, Earth’s population is expected to rise to 10 billion, while the resources on the planet continue to shrink. Researches in the Netherlands are experimenting with one way to feed more people with less: growing crops indoors. NewsHour Weekend’s…