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How Synthetic Biology Can Help the Environment
Artificial and modified organisms could become essential tools to fight climate change, clean up pollution, protect biodiversity, and more.
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Why You Should Shop at the Farmers Market
In honor of National Farmers Market Week, a staffer who used to work at the market tells us why farmers markets are valuable community resources.
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More Than Rice: The Future of Food Security in Vietnam
Representatives from Vietnamese government agencies and farmers’ groups came together at a recent workshop to discuss how to improve access to climate information for more effective decision making.
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How Much Do Climate Fluctuations Matter for Global Crop Yields?
A new study finds that ENSO has caused widespread, simultaneous crop failures in recent history, running counter to the long-held assumption that crop failures in geographically distant breadbasket regions are unrelated.
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ACToday Unites Farmers and Scientists to Solve Climate Challenges in Guatemala
Thousands of Guatemalan farmers will now have access to state-of-the-art forecasts and other climate information to help them increase crop yields and earn more.
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Training Agents of Change: A New Approach to Reach Ethiopia’s Climate-Vulnerable Farmers
A training course marked a major step in a project that will equip farmers with climate information to manage food production in times of drought and extreme weather.
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Climate Service Initiative Begins Work on a New Continent
After a decade of development in Africa, the ENACTS initiative is expanding to Bangladesh this year.
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Fighting Food Waste by Finding Ways to Use the Useless
Even though some food is never eaten, the carbon emissions to grow it still end up in the atmosphere. Reducing waste is crucial to fighting climate change.
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Even If You Don’t Live in the Midwest, This Spring’s Floods Could Still Impact You
While the flooding may not have inundated your house, you could still feel its effects in the form of more volatile food prices.
The first Earth Day in 1970 ignited a movement to stop polluting our planet. This Earth Month, join us in our commitment to realizing a just and sustainable future for our planet. Visit our Earth Day website for ideas, resources, and inspiration.
