Modern agriculture is collapsing under climate change. Indigenous farming has answers.

Modern agriculture is collapsing under climate change. Indigenous farming has answers.

In the last five years, Indigenous agriculture has received attention in academia as an alternative model, though on a smaller scale, to modern farming systems. Research has shown that some traditional farming systems, such as growing maize, beans and squash together, protect soil health, reduce biodiversity loss and support Indigenous knowledge, known as traditional ecological…

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Georgia farmers’ long wait for Helene relief is ending

This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist and WABE, Atlanta’s NPR station. Last week, U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins visited Georgia to announce the release of more than $500 million to help farmers rebuild from 2024’s Hurricane Helene. The widespread agricultural and forestry devastation from Helene cost the state’s economy…

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Is the world heating up faster than we thought?

Is the world heating up faster than we thought?

For years, scientists have been keeping a wary eye on the massive system of currents that carry water and nutrients across the ocean from Greenland to Antarctica. The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation plays a large part in stabilizing the global climate, but it appears to have been weakening in recent years as the Earth warms….

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