We can’t build our way out of future floods with better levees, just as we can’t build our way out of traffic congestion with wider highways.
Launch
‘If we’re attacked, we’ll die together,’ a teenage anti-mining activist told her family. But when the bullets came, they killed only her.
The Los Angeles Times tells the story of Topacio Reynoso, a farmer’s daughter from a remote village in Guatemala who, at fourteen, “devoted herself to opposing construction of a large silver mine planned for a town nearby”.
Launch
Puerto Rico’s farms wiped out by Hurricane Maria
There will be no food in Puerto Rico… There is no more agriculture in Puerto Rico. And there won’t be any for a year or
Launch
FDA sued over genetically engineered salmon
“Less than six months after the FDA approved the first genetically altered animal, it has its first legal challenge,” KING 5 reports.
LaunchMakers of unhealthy, processed food starting to change their ways
Makers of unhealthy, processed food starting to change their ways The New York Times recaps a string of developments that are poised to have a
Launch
Washington (stupidly) turns to neurotoxins to save its non-native oysters
Washington (stupidly) turns to neurotoxins to save its non-native oysters In one of the finest pieces that Bloomberg has ever published, journalist Bill Donahue explains
LaunchEgg prices likely to rise amid laws mandating cage-free henhouses
Egg producers have had six years to come into compliance with Proposition 2, and instead of using that time to convert to cage-free systems, they’ve
LaunchCalifornia Drying
The above images are not satellite photographs. They show how much groundwater has been lost from central and southern California over the past decade, mostly due to agriculture. (Image: NASA, via the Los Angeles Times)
LaunchThe real price of cheap food: Slavery
The real price of cheap food: Slavery The Guardian reports that U.S. stores such as Costco and Walmart are selling shrimp from Thailand produced using
LaunchNew apple variety, Cosmic Crisp, ready for production
New apple variety, Cosmic Crisp, ready for production Apple breeders at Washington State University have developed a new kind of apple that will be landing
LaunchMonsanto develops hardier strain of corn that yields four times normal litigation
Monsanto develops hardier strain of corn that yields four times normal litigation The Onion is on a roll this week. The satirical publication’s latest home
Launch