Topic - Food Systems

Iowa State Senator David Johnson has led the fight to reduce agricultural pollution of the state's waters.

In the Heart of the Corn Belt, an Uphill Battle for Clean Water

By Mark Schapiro

A “ragpicker” on Mumbai’s shoreline, which is littered with plastic waste.

In India’s Largest City, A Ban on Plastics Faces Big Obstacles

By Vaishnavi Chandrashekhar

Interview

Lessons Learned from Centuries of Indigenous Forest Management

By Richard Schiffman

A great white shark off Cape Town leaps in pursuit of a fur seal.

Shark Mystery: Where Have South Africa’s Great Whites Gone?

By Adam Welz

Holstein cows feeding at a dairy farm in Merced, California.

How Eating Seaweed Can Help Cows to Belch Less Methane

By Judith Lewis Mernit

How Seeds from War-Torn Syria Could Help Save American Wheat

By Mark Schapiro

Can ‘Vaccines’ for Crops Help Cut Pesticide Use and Boost Yields?

By Richard Conniff

Can Deepwater Aquaculture Avoid the Pitfalls of Coastal Fish Farms?

By Marc Gunther

Climate Connection: Unraveling the Surprising Ecology of Dust

By Jim Robbins

A farmer examines a rye cover crop planted within a field of soybeans in Midburn, Iowa.

Where Corn Is King, the Stirrings of a Renaissance in Small Grains

By Twilight Greenaway

Nile tilapia, shown in an African market, are increasingly found in waters throughout sub-Saharan Africa far from their native range.

How Aquaculture Is Threatening the Native Fish Species of Africa

By Adam Welz

Interview

Paul Hawken on One Hundred Solutions to the Climate Crisis

By Diane Toomey

Haze in the northern Indian city of Allahabad in December 2016.

Hazardous Haze

Unraveling the Myriad Causes Of North India’s Pollution Pall

By Vaishnavi Chandrashekhar

A farmer waters coffee saplings on the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro.

Agriculture

On the Slopes of Kilimanjaro, a Shift in Climate Hits Coffee Harvest

By Daniel Grossman

A composite image of moths trapped during an annual nighttime insect census in October 2013 in the U.K.

The Moth Snowstorm

Finding True Value in Nature’s Riches

By Roger Cohn

In New Ozone Alert, a Warning of Harm to Plants and People

By Jim Robbins

How Rising CO2 Levels May Contribute to Die-Off of Bees

By Lisa Palmer

Climate Change Adds Urgency to Push to Save World’s Seeds

In the face of rising temperatures and worsening drought, the world’s repositories of agricultural seeds may hold the key to growing food under increasingly harsh conditions. But keeping these gene banks safe and viable is a complicated and expensive challenge.

By Virginia Gewin

Misuse of Mosquito Nets Stressing Lake Malawi’s Fish Populations

By Ray Mwareya

With Too Much of a Good Thing, Europe Tackles Excess Nitrogen

In Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark and other countries, European governments are beginning to push farmers, industry, and municipalities to cut back on fertilizers and other sources of nitrogen that are causing serious environmental harm.

By Christian Schwägerl

Agricultural Movement Tackles Challenges of a Warming World

With temperatures rising and extreme weather becoming more frequent, the “climate-smart agriculture” campaign is using a host of measures — from new planting practices to improved water management — to keep farmers ahead of the disruptive impacts of climate change.

By Lisa Palmer