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Monsanto’s Roundup Destroys Healthy Microbes in Humans and in Soils

Monsanto’s Roundup Destroys Healthy Microbes in Humans and in Soils

By Julie Wilson We’re only beginning to learn the importance of healthy gut bacteria to our overall health—and the relationship between healthy soil and the human microbiome. We know that the human microbiome, often referred to as our “second brain,” plays a key role in our health, from helping us digest the food we eat, […]

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    62 Natural Wonders of the World at Risk From Climate Change

    62 Natural Wonders of the World at Risk From Climate Change

    By Joe McCarthy The marshy expanses of the Everglades in Southern Florida contain hundreds of species of animals, including flamingos, alligators and manatees. Clusters of mangroves span its coastline, acting as ecosystem hubs, and if you take a boat through the region, you’ll see countless plants that are native to the area. But the Everglades, […]

    How Carbon Farming Can Help Solve Climate Change

    How Carbon Farming Can Help Solve Climate Change

    By David Burton Under the 2015 Paris agreement, nations pledged to keep the average global temperature rise to below 2C above pre-industrial levels and to take efforts to narrow that increase to 1.5C. To meet those goals we must not only stop the increase in our greenhouse gas emissions, we must also draw large amounts […]

    Tyson Foods Linked to Largest Toxic Dead Zone in U.S. History

    Tyson Foods Linked to Largest Toxic Dead Zone in U.S. History

    By Shana Gallagher What comes to mind when you think of Tyson Foods? A chicken nugget? A big red logo? How about the largest toxic dead zone in U.S. history? It turns out the meat industry—and corporate giants like Tyson Foods—are directly linked to this environmental catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico, and many others. […]

    Grass-Fed Beef Will Not Help Tackle Climate Change, Report Finds

    Grass-Fed Beef Will Not Help Tackle Climate Change, Report Finds

    By Daisy Dunne Billed as a more environmentally friendly way to rear cattle, grass-fed beef has been the red meat of choice for many a climate-conscious carnivore. Indeed, research has suggested that grazing cattle can help offset global warming by stimulating soil to take up more carbon from the atmosphere. This process, known as soil […]

    6 Innovative Farmers That Will Change Your Perception of What It Means to Grow Food

    6 Innovative Farmers That Will Change Your Perception of What It Means to Grow Food

    By Tracie McMillan How do you feed a hotter, drier, more inequitable world? A new generation of American farmers are coming up with answers that rarely resemble the cornstalks and cattle pens of mainstream agriculture. Today’s American farmers are less white. They’re also increasingly experimental. Even as our biggest farms get bigger, small producers are […]

    8 Ways to Sequester Carbon to Avoid Climate Catastrophe

    8 Ways to Sequester Carbon to Avoid Climate Catastrophe

    By Mary Hoff Klaus Lackner has a picture of the future in his mind, and it looks something like this: 100 million semi-trailer-size boxes, each filled with a beige fabric configured into what looks like shag carpet to maximize surface area. Each box draws in air as though it were breathing. As it does, the […]