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Honey Bees Learn to Fight Deadly Varroa Mites

By Jordan Charbonneau

June 11, 2025

In the face of colony collapse, some beekeepers are foregoing insecticides and opting instead to breed bees with mite-resistant behaviors.

Op-ed: Why Most No-Till Agriculture Is Not Actually Regenerative

By Nate Powell-Palm

May 8, 2025

Farmers hands harvesting organic dandelion greens cutting base of stems

Proposal Could Threaten Endangered Species’ Survival in Farm Country

By Brian Calvert

May 7, 2025

A monarch butterfly on tropical milkweed. (Photo credit: Sue Zellers, Getty Images)

Bayer’s Effort to Block Roundup Lawsuits Kicks Into High Gear

April 8, 2025

A large group of people hold signs protesting a bill that would stop people from suing Bayer, a maker of pesticides, inside a chamber

Is There Enough Evidence of Health Risks for the EPA to Ban Paraquat?

By Virginia Gewin

February 12, 2025

Environmental Protection Agency Headquarters Building in Washington, D.C. (Photo credit: skyhobo/Getty Images)

Why Are Pesticide Companies Fighting State Laws to Address PFAS?

December 18, 2024

An overhead photo of a diversified vegetable farm in Fallston, Maryland, with hazardous chemical symbols appearing between the rows of crops. (Civil Eats illustration; photo credit: Edwin Remsberg, Getty Images)

Why Farmers Use Harmful Insecticides They May Not Need

October 30, 2024

a farmer walks among the rows of corn in his cornfield; in the background, chemical hazard warning symbols appear on the horizon and fade into the distance.

A New Book Dives Deep Into the Climate and Health Impacts of Gas Stoves

August 14, 2024

Rob Jackson and the cover of his book, Into the Clear Blue Sky

Study Finds ‘Forever Chemicals’ Are Increasingly Common in Pesticides

July 24, 2024

Are Companies Using Carbon Markets to Sell More Pesticides?

July 9, 2024

a tractor sprays pesticides on a field while hazard symbols fade into the distance. (Civil Eats illustration)

Op-ed: Neonicotinoid Pesticides Keep Killing Pollinators. Here’s How We Can Help.

By Elizabeth Hilborn

June 11, 2024

Two bees pictured on an apple tree on a farm in Watsonville, California.

Changing How We Farm Might Protect Wild Mammals—and Fight Climate Change

By Ruscena Wiederholt

May 6, 2024

A red fox in a Connecticut farm field. (Photo credit: Robert Winkler, Getty Images)

Inside Bayer’s State-by-State Efforts to Stop Pesticide Lawsuits

March 27, 2024

a farmer walks in a cornfield early in the season; superimposed over the picture is the text of the Iowa bill that would prevent anyone from suing chemical companies over harms from pesticides

Chemical Capture: The Power and Impact of the Pesticide Industry

March 27, 2024

a farm field with a

Can Taller Cover Crops Help Clean the Water in Farm Country?

By Brian DeVore

February 27, 2024

Alan Bedtka was paid to plant sorghum-sudangrass to develop organic matter in his soil and reduce his fertilizer use.

WIC Shortfall Could Leave 2 Million Women And Children Hungry

January 24, 2024

Congress Could Roll Back Pesticide Protections in the Farm Bill

November 7, 2023

Aerial view of tractor spraying fertilizer on plants in agricultural field, California, USA.

The EPA Ignored the Endangered Species Act for 50 Years. That’s Changing, But Is Time Running Out?

August 22, 2023

On a foggy morning in a farm field this bird hopes to snag crawling or swimming for a tasty breakfast.

As the Salton Sea Shrinks, Agriculture’s Legacy Turns to Dust

By Virginia Gewin

July 17, 2023

Salton Sea area of Imperial County, California, with farmland and the farm towns of Niland, Brawley, Westmorland, and others. (Photo credit: Raquel Lonas, Getty Images)

The USDA Plan to Better Measure Agriculture’s Impact on the Climate Crisis

July 12, 2023

Educator Shane New displays healthy soil at CS Ranch during the Soil Health Academy, which teaches regenerative agriculture techniques, in Cimarron, New Mexico. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Pesticide-Coated Seeds Are the Focus of a New Push for EPA Regulations

June 7, 2023

A farmer plants corn on a farm near Dwight, Illinois (Photo credit: Scott Olson, Getty Images)

Unchecked Poultry Farming in North Carolina Violates Civil Rights, Residents Say

May 3, 2023

A chicken farm viewed from above in the morning.

Paraquat, the Deadliest Chemical in US Agriculture, Goes on Trial

March 22, 2023

A tractor spraying paraquat on the Cox ranch. (Photo courtesy of Shirley Cox)

As the US Pressures Mexico to Import GM Corn, Can It Preserve Its Traditional Varieties?

February 23, 2023

A Mexican farmer holds a basket of corn to sell.

For Melon Farmers, Insects’ Benefits May Outweigh Their Costs

January 31, 2023

A two-spotted long horn bee visits a watermelon flower (Photo credit: Ashley Leach)

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