Topic - Food & Agriculture

A Maasai man with rangers on patrol in the Randilen Wildlife Management Area, a community conservancy in Tanzania.

CONSERVATION

How African Communities Are Taking Lead on Protecting Wildlife

By Fred Pearce

BIOECONOMY

Will UN Carbon Market Work? Indonesia Will Provide First Test

By Fred Pearce

Manoel Moreira carries a basket full of açaí berries harvested from the Amazon rainforest in Pará, Brazil.

Brazil Hopes to Make the Amazon a Model for a Green Economy

By Fred Pearce

Danielle Kaye builds a berm spillway on the farm of Roberto Nutlouis. The berm holds back water, flooding the cornfield behind it.

On Navajo Lands, Ancient Ways Are Restoring the Parched Earth

By Lela Nargi

Mehmet Hanefi says the Kralkızı Dam, which opened in 1997, flooded prime farmland along a tributary of the Tigris River in Turkey.

PHOTO ESSAY

Eye on the Fertile Crescent: Life Along the Mideast’s Fabled Rivers

By Murat Yazar / Text by Paul Salopek

Hazelnut trees and tall grasses grow in the chicken paddocks at the Organic Compound, a farm in Faribault, Minnesota.

How Agroforestry Could Help Revitalize America’s Corn Belt

By Tom Philpott

The Guera Mountains in southern Chad, a region that has grown greener in recent decades.

With CO2 Levels Rising, World’s Drylands Are Turning Green

By Fred Pearce

Greenhouse roofs reflect sunlight in Kunming, China.

Could the Global Boom in Greenhouses Help Cool the Planet?

By Fred Pearce

Farmer Kaunga Ngoma in his drought-devastated maize field in Mazabuka, Zambia, on March 20.

How an El Niño-Driven Drought Brought Hunger to Southern Africa

By Jenipher Changwanda and Freddie Clayton

Marcel Gomes (center) with colleagues at Repórter Brasil's offices in São Paulo.

INTERVIEW

Tracking Illicit Brazilian Beef from the Amazon to Your Burger

Can Tho City in the Mekong River delta in Vietnam.

In a Dammed and Diked Mekong, a Push to Restore the Flow

By Stefan Lovgren

Fog over high-rise buildings in Wuhan, China.

OPINION

Despite Official Vote, the Evidence of the Anthropocene Is Clear

By Anthony Barnosky and Mary Ellen Hannibal

Dead sheep and goats in Bayanmunkh, Mongolia, last month.

In Mongolia, a Killer Winter Is Ravaging Herds and a Way of Life

By Zaya Delgerjargal

Hari Ram uses a solar-powered pump to supply water to his farm in Solawata, India.

How a Solar Revolution in Farming Is Depleting World’s Groundwater

By Fred Pearce

Rethinking Monarchs: Does the Beloved Butterfly Need Our Help?

By Janet Marinelli

A tree-lined road in Bangladesh. Trees block dust, reduce erosion, and absorb runoff.

‘Green Roads’ Are Plowing Ahead, Buffering Drought and Floods

By Ben Goldfarb

How Mounting Demand for Rubber Is Driving Tropical Forest Loss

By Fred Pearce

Ellen Sinoya stands on the remains of her home, eight months after it was destroyed by Cyclone Freddy.

After the Storm, Malawi’s Farmers Face a Precarious Future

By Jenipher Changwanda and Freddie Clayton

Fireflies in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

A Summer Light Show Dims: Why Are Fireflies Disappearing?

By Ted Williams

Food & Agriculture

CONSERVATION

How African Communities Are Taking Lead on Protecting Wildlife

BIOECONOMY

Will UN Carbon Market Work? Indonesia Will Provide First Test

Brazil Hopes to Make the Amazon a Model for a Green Economy

On Navajo Lands, Ancient Ways Are Restoring the Parched Earth

PHOTO ESSAY

Eye on the Fertile Crescent: Life Along the Mideast’s Fabled Rivers

How Agroforestry Could Help Revitalize America’s Corn Belt

With CO2 Levels Rising, World’s Drylands Are Turning Green

Could the Global Boom in Greenhouses Help Cool the Planet?

How an El Niño-Driven Drought Brought Hunger to Southern Africa

INTERVIEW

Tracking Illicit Brazilian Beef from the Amazon to Your Burger

In a Dammed and Diked Mekong, a Push to Restore the Flow

OPINION

Despite Official Vote, the Evidence of the Anthropocene Is Clear

In Mongolia, a Killer Winter Is Ravaging Herds and a Way of Life

How a Solar Revolution in Farming Is Depleting World’s Groundwater

Rethinking Monarchs: Does the Beloved Butterfly Need Our Help?

‘Green Roads’ Are Plowing Ahead, Buffering Drought and Floods

How Mounting Demand for Rubber Is Driving Tropical Forest Loss

After the Storm, Malawi’s Farmers Face a Precarious Future

A Summer Light Show Dims: Why Are Fireflies Disappearing?

Photo Essay

Edible Insects: In Europe, a Growing Push for Bug-Based Food

E360 Film Contest Winner

The Great Salt Lake and Its Web of Life Face an Uncertain Future