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Race for Soybean Dollars on U.S. Farms Heats Up
By Patrick Thomas Sept. 17, 2023 9:00 am ET The Wall Street Journal Agricultural giant Bayer has dominated for years, but Corteva has...
Serena Valentino
Sep 19, 20232 min read


Big Farms and Flawless Fries Are Gulping Water in the Land of 10,000 Lakes
Dionne Searcey drove across Minnesota and Mira Rojanasakul analyzed decades of water data to report this article. Photographs by David...
Serena Valentino
Sep 8, 20232 min read


Microsoft Will Use Carbon-Absorbing Rocks to Meet Climate Goals
By Amrith Ramkumar | Sept. 7, 2023 5:30 am ET The Wall Street Journal Deal with Heirloom Carbon is one of largest ever purchases of...
Serena Valentino
Sep 7, 20231 min read


America Is Using Up Its Groundwater Like There’s No Tomorrow
By Mira Rojanasakul, Christopher Flavelle, Blacki Migliozzi and Eli Murray Aug. 28, 2023 The New York Times Overuse is draining and...
Serena Valentino
Aug 30, 20232 min read


France has too much wine. It’s paying millions to destroy the leftovers.
By Caroline Anders Updated August 26, 2023 at 6:12 p.m. EDT | Published August 26, 2023 at 4:58 p.m. EDT France is about to destroy...
Serena Valentino
Aug 27, 20233 min read


4 growers redefining success as sustainability
By JENNIFER STRAILEY August 24, 2023 In this second installment of The Packer’s ongoing sustainability series, we take a look at four...
Serena Valentino
Aug 27, 20238 min read


To Fight Climate Change, We Need a Better Carbon Market
By Peter Coy | Aug. 23, 2023 The New York Times Gresham’s Law says that bad money drives out good. If you have two coins with a face...
Serena Valentino
Aug 27, 20231 min read


A french-fry boomtown emerges as a climate winner — as long as it has water
By Eli Tan August 21, 2023 at 7:00 a.m. EDT The Washington Post Climate change has helped a small town become the world capital of...
Serena Valentino
Aug 23, 20232 min read


America’s Farmers Are Bogged Down by Data
By Belle Lin Aug. 22, 2023 7:00 am ET The Wall Street Journal Uptake of agtech tools has been tepid, and even many farmers who do use...
Serena Valentino
Aug 23, 20232 min read


DTN, USDA to Launch Sustainable Marketplace for U.S. Grain Producers, Buyers
Condensed by Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Unconventional Ag Media DTN, a company specializing in technology, data, and analytics, is collecting...
Serena Valentino
Aug 23, 20231 min read


This New Marketplace Aims to Encourage Farmers to Adopt Sustainable Practices
Words by Riya Anne Polcastro AUG 15, 2023 Traceability is increasingly important across agricultural sectors — and not just because of...
Serena Valentino
Aug 23, 20233 min read


CFOs Are More Optimistic on Side-Stepping a Recession
By Jennifer Williams-Alvarez and Mark Maurer Aug. 11, 2023 5:30 am ET The Wall Street Journal Costs remain a concern, but a strong labor...
Serena Valentino
Aug 15, 20232 min read


First Scorched, Then Soaked: Weather Whiplash Confounds Farmers
By Mitch Smith Reporting from Syracuse, Kan., near the Colorado-Kansas border. Aug. 9, 2023 The New York Times As the war in Ukraine...
Serena Valentino
Aug 10, 20232 min read


PepsiCo and Walmart Aim to Support Regenerative Agriculture Across More than 2 Million Acres of Farm
July 26, 2023 Sustainability | Walmart PURCHASE, N.Y., and BENTONVILLE, Ark., JULY 26, 2023 — PepsiCo and Walmart today announced...
Serena Valentino
Jul 30, 20233 min read


How a Saudi firm tapped a gusher of water in drought-stricken Arizona
By Isaac Stanley-Becker, Joshua Partlow and Yvonne Wingett Sanchez July 16, 2023 at 5:00 a.m. EDT The Washington Post Lax rules let the...
Serena Valentino
Jul 25, 20232 min read


Four reasons why the world needs to limit nitrogen pollution
16 JAN 2023 STORY The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Nitrogen is an abundant element in the Earth’s atmosphere. It makes the...
Serena Valentino
Jul 25, 20233 min read


Airline cargo revenue is cratering. Here’s why that’s actually good news
UPDATED FRI, JUL 21 20237:10 AM EDT CNBC Leslie Josephs@LESLIEJOSEPHS KEY POINTS Cargo revenue was a lifeline for airlines during the...
Serena Valentino
Jul 25, 20232 min read


Widespread Drought Creates Winners and Losers in U.S. Agriculture
By Patrick Thomas July 2, 2023 9:00 am ET The Wall Street Journal The most widespread drought in a decade is dividing the U.S. farm...
Serena Valentino
Jul 2, 20231 min read


Fungal Networks Are Often Hidden and Overlooked. But They Can Help Save Us.
By Tatiana Schlossberg | June 24, 2023 | The New York Times Merlin Sheldrake, a biologist and author, is doing his best to show the...
Serena Valentino
Jun 25, 20231 min read


Supercharging Nature to Suck Carbon From the Air
By Ed Ballard | June 22, 2023 10:48 am ET | The Wall Street Journal Fast-growing trees, volcanic dust, ocean tweaks: Startups get...
Serena Valentino
Jun 25, 20231 min read
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