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Latest Climate Report Warns of Major Upheaval to California Way of Life

19 octobre 2026 à 08:00
The dire projections come from the state’s Climate Change Assessment, which analyzes the impacts of changing weather patterns on the nation’s most-populous state.

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The report finds that without major intervention, as much as three-quarters of California’s beaches could disappear — either seasonally or permanently — by 2100 because of coastal erosion.

Across Farm Country, Economic Discontent Strains Republican Coalition

18 octobre 2026 à 05:00
Farmers and ranchers have supported President Trump for a decade. But the war in Iran, tariffs and other administration policies have soured some on the G.O.P.

Will Rural Voters Sit Out the Midterms?

Lisa Lerer, a national political correspondent, travels to a cattle auction in Calhan, Colo., to see if economic anxieties are affecting the loyalty of rural voters to the Republican Party.

El Niño Threatens Global Sugar Supply

16 octobre 2026 à 10:41
A sugarcane crop withered by El Niño in India, the world’s second-largest producer, is hurting consumers and farmers — plus undermining the country’s energy security goals.

A worker tending to a sugarcane crop in Maharashtra, India, in September.

Rhode Island Farmer Grows Record-Breaking Pumpkin

15 octobre 2026 à 10:45
A farmer in Rhode Island raised a 3,156-pound pumpkin this year, setting a new measure for the greatest of all gourds.

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Ron Wallace celebrates with his possible record breaking pumpkin.

Why Chinese College Grads Are Becoming Farmers

12 octobre 2026 à 23:50
Facing a competitive job market, college graduates in China are trading corporate jobs for farming, equipped with smartphones and tech skills.
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  • A super el Niño threatens our food system. Here’s how farms can prepare | Liz Carlisle
    Planting cover crops or perennial plants can protect soil amid potential flooding. Congress must act to protect these practicesAs forecasters warn that this year’s El Niño could become the strongest on record, concerns are growing about its effect on agriculture and food security.The United States will not be hit nearly as hard as Central and South America, the Caribbean and southern Africa, but severe weather could cause significant crop loss in some parts of the country.Liz Carlisle is associa
     

A super el Niño threatens our food system. Here’s how farms can prepare | Liz Carlisle

12 octobre 2026 à 09:00

Planting cover crops or perennial plants can protect soil amid potential flooding. Congress must act to protect these practices

As forecasters warn that this year’s El Niño could become the strongest on record, concerns are growing about its effect on agriculture and food security.

The United States will not be hit nearly as hard as Central and South America, the Caribbean and southern Africa, but severe weather could cause significant crop loss in some parts of the country.

Liz Carlisle is associate professor of environmental studies at UC Santa Barbara. She is the author of Healing Grounds: Climate, Justice, and the Deep Roots of Regenerative Farming and co-editor of Living Roots: The Promise of Perennial Foods

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© Photograph: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

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At a Potato Festival, Our Berlin Reporter Deepened His Ties to a New Land

8 octobre 2026 à 05:01
The annual Kartoffelfest was a chance to update family traditions, with an American baby born abroad.

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Nora and Hugo Tankersley with their mother, Lily, at a family outing to a potato festival last month in Berlin.

How Kansas Suddenly Became a Battleground State for Senate Control

Par : Tim Balk
4 octobre 2026 à 13:53
The state hasn’t elected a Democrat to the Senate in nearly a century. Economic challenges during President Trump’s second term, as well as other factors, have put it in play.

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The Rev. Adam Hamilton, left, and Senator Roger Marshall of Kansas are currently tied roughly at 45 percent, according to a New York Times/Siena University poll.
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