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A remote Alaska village depended on the snow crab harvest for survival. Then billions of crabs died.

Food Environment and Reporting Network

slide-intro --> A remote Alaska village depended on the snow crab harvest for survival. By Rowan Jacobsen , July 24, 2019 An unhealthy alliance between almonds and honeybees By Paige Embry , June 20, 2019 In January, with the almond bloom in California’s orchards a month away, beekeepers across the country were fretting over their hives.

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Regenerative Beef Gets a Boost from California Universities

Civil Eats

It’s no wonder that hospital food gets a bad rap, says Santana Diaz, executive chef at the University of California Davis Medical Center, a sprawling, 142-acre campus located in Sacramento, California. As a seeming compromise between nutrition and institutional efficiency, food has long been dished up as an afterthought to patient care.

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Mixing solar power and agriculture: A blueberry farm does a test run

Agritecture Blog

That would be solar panels that have been installed across 11 acres of the land where Sweetland farms blueberries in Rockport, Maine. Sweetland tends, harvests and sells the blueberries, and shares profits with the landowner. “We The University of Maine is studying this example of dual-use agrivoltaics.

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The whole dam truth

Food Environment and Reporting Network

slide-intro --> The ranching industry’s toxic grass problem By Robert Langellier , March 27, 2024 Buzzkill By Dan Charles , December 18, 2023 How mushrooms can prevent megafires By Stephen Robert Miller , July 10, 2023 A remote Alaska village depended on the snow crab harvest for survival. million acres of the Central Valley.

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A chilling effect: How farms can help pollinators survive the stress of climate change

Food Environment and Reporting Network

slide-intro --> A remote Alaska village depended on the snow crab harvest for survival. By Rowan Jacobsen , July 24, 2019 An unhealthy alliance between almonds and honeybees By Paige Embry , June 20, 2019 In January, with the almond bloom in California’s orchards a month away, beekeepers across the country were fretting over their hives.

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Trouble at sea

Food Environment and Reporting Network

slide-intro --> A remote Alaska village depended on the snow crab harvest for survival. By Rowan Jacobsen , July 24, 2019 An unhealthy alliance between almonds and honeybees By Paige Embry , June 20, 2019 In January, with the almond bloom in California’s orchards a month away, beekeepers across the country were fretting over their hives.

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The deep roots of Mexico’s trade dispute with U.S. over GMO corn

Food Environment and Reporting Network

slide-intro --> A remote Alaska village depended on the snow crab harvest for survival. By Rowan Jacobsen , July 24, 2019 An unhealthy alliance between almonds and honeybees By Paige Embry , June 20, 2019 In January, with the almond bloom in California’s orchards a month away, beekeepers across the country were fretting over their hives.

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