Billion Oyster Project
We’ll take you inside the citizen science project working to restore one billion oysters to New York Harbor by 2030.
Food and Agriculture
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…
NYC Rising: Food, Interrupted
In Hunts Point, the workday ends at 7:00AM for most workers. That’s because they’ve been working all night in the bustling food distribution hub in the Bronx that serves as the food supply hub for 22 million people, but sits…
How one storm could destroy NYC’s main food supply
In Hunts Point, the workday ends at 7:00AM for most workers. That’s because they’ve been working all night in the bustling food distribution hub in the Bronx that serves as the food supply hub for 22 million people, but sits…
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…