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17h ago
Angry subsistence farmers have begun taking direct action against avocado orchards and berry fields. Drug cartels' involvement could escalate the conflict ..read more
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3d ago
Vietnam aims to transform its rice sector, making it more resilient to climate change while also reducing its emissions of methane, a greenhouse gas far more potent than carbon dioxide ..read more
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1w ago
While the world had enjoyed chocolate on the cheap for decades, trees were older and crop disease was rampant. For the world's chocolate makers, the crisis is here ..read more
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1w ago
East Coast ports, railways and truckers have gone to enormous lengths to remake supply chains after a ship crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge last month ..read more
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1w ago
Officials are bracing for a dry summer as snowpack, which the state relies on for drinking water, hydropower and more, sits at perhaps the lowest level in a decade ..read more
The Seattle Times » Agriculture
2w ago
What would you name a pink-hued, firm and sweet apple? Washington State University wants to know ..read more
The Seattle Times » Agriculture
3w ago
Washington officials are looking to the White House and President Joe Biden for federal assistance after severe winter storms ravaged the region in January ..read more
The Seattle Times » Agriculture
3w ago
Federal government agency is looking into whether potatoes should be classified as grains instead. Washington is the second biggest potato producing state in the U.S ..read more
The Seattle Times » Agriculture
3w ago
Bees and other pollinators are "really the glue in our ecosystems,” said USDA scientist Gloria DeGrandi-Hoffman ..read more
The Seattle Times » Agriculture
3w ago
Down on the European farm, revolt has stirred. The discontent, leading farmers to quit and demonstrate, threatens to do more than change how Europe produces its food ..read more