Food debate of the week: Eat snakes?
Food Politics
APRIL 25, 2024
To meet wide demand, python farming in the U.S.
Food Politics
APRIL 25, 2024
To meet wide demand, python farming in the U.S.
Civil Eats
MARCH 11, 2025
” Instead, they are accounted for in different sectors altogether: manufacturing and industry. As Raj Patel, author and a Civil Eats advisor, points out on Fuel to Fork , fossil fuels enable certain kinds of large-scale industrial agriculture to be profitable. Meanwhile, we collectively pay the true cost.
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The Equation
MAY 15, 2023
But with the heavy rain came floods that damaged lives, property, and crops. With fields waterlogged, many farmworkers were unable to work and pick produce, signaling that crops like strawberries might see lower yields and higher prices in the near future.
The Equation
MAY 11, 2023
Because like the Dust Bowl of so many decades ago, this tragedy stemmed from a collision of multiple systemic problems—in this case, unchecked climate change layered atop the excesses of industrial agriculture. Preventing soil loss from farms and its damaging consequences is possible, and it starts with keeping farm soils covered.
Civil Eats
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
There, she’s using her vast ecological expertise to develop curriculum for the Indigenous Food Lab training center and lead community engagement programming. “As Why is traditional ecological knowledge so important as it relates to both food sovereignty and climate change? Let’s back up a bit.
Food Tank
SEPTEMBER 12, 2023
A recent report from McKinsey finds that agriculture has the single largest impact on the environment of any economic sector. The report lays out 47 concrete actions that agriculture businesses can take to restore Earth’s ecological balance— while maintaining a positive return-on-investment.
The Equation
APRIL 3, 2023
My answer regarding agricultural and ecological droughts is a bit more complicated, as farmers and environmentalists alike continue to advocate for more water to be allocated to their causes, making it evident that our current and projected water supply is still insufficient.
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