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Tyrell McClain holds up a clump of soil on McGinley Ranch while discussing the high biodiversity under the surface of the ground on September 17, 2022. (Dr. Imani Cheers/Planet Forward)
Planet Forward Correspondent | George Washington University
Tuesday, October 04, 2022
An interview with Vice President of Ranch Operations at Turner Enterprises, Mark Kossler, about the benefits, challenges, and future of sustainable agriculture.
Tags: agriculture, ranching, soil, Biodiversity, bison, research, science, growing soil
Several bison wander the prairie lands of McGinley Ranch on September 18, 2022. (Frank Sesno/Planet Forward)
University of Missouri
Friday, September 30, 2022
Declining rangeland and rising temperatures have livestock ranchers searching for solutions. To South Dakota State University research assistant Anlly Fresno Rueda, a bison’s gut is as good of a place to start looking as any.
Tags: regenerative agriculture, bison, rumen, bacteria, genetics, DNA, McGinley Ranch, Turner Institute for Ecoagriculture, growing soil
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University of Connecticut
Monday, February 13, 2023
As the oceans grow noisier from human activities, scientists race to find ways to educate the public about how to combat noise pollution.
Tags: Marine Ecology, noise pollution, Marine Conservation, science communication
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M.J. Altman, the editorial director for the World Food Program USA, was a part of a trip to Bangladesh with the organization in 2015. (Photo courtesy M.J. Altman)
George Washington University
Thursday, May 18, 2017
Editorial director at World Food Program USA M.J. Altman uncovers the hidden human stories about people and food on the frontlines of hunger in her podcast called “Hacking Hunger.”
Tags: hacking hunger, hunger, hungry, food production, world food program, podcast
Planet Forward
Tuesday, February 07, 2017
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George Washington University
Thursday, February 22, 2018
The popular imagination may think of agriculture as Mom and Dad with a pitchfork, but today’s Nebraskan corn farm is probably the furthest thing from the average arm-chair-futurist’s daydreams of farming reality.
Tags: pfinnebraska, Nebraska, precision agriculture, agriculture, farm, storyfest2018
Azzizia Desalination Plant in Saudi Arabia. (Waleed Alzuhair/Flickr)
Northeastern University
Tuesday, April 10, 2018
Q&A with Sarah Fletcher, a Fellow for Water Solutions, about large desalination plant infrastructure projects and alternatives such as water rationing.
Tags: Water, Desalination, Technology
Jacob Lebel, in the tan jacket center left, and fellow plaintiffs in front of the Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C. (Robin Loznak)
George Washington University
Friday, May 11, 2018
A group of 21 young plaintiffs have sued the federal government for climate change. We interviewed one of the plaintiffs involved for a run-down on the history, implications, and new advancements in the lawsuit.
Tags: climate, Government, climate change, lawsuit
Harper Simpson, former agriculture intern at Kalu Yala, wears jewelry to remind her to stay strong in times of hardship. (Cassandra Majewski/Medill)
Northwestern University
Monday, April 24, 2017
In a place so focused on environmental sustainability, an important caveat at the eco-town Kalu Yala is its struggle to create an environment that is mentally sustainable.
Tags: kalu yala, sustainability, mental health
Traveling on boats is the main mode of transportation between islands of Guna Yala, and most are operated by local Guna people. (Luodan Rojas/Medill)
Northwestern University
Monday, June 04, 2018
Separated by miles of ocean and a 2-hour drive, or a 50-mile hike, through the jungle, Guna Yala and Kalu Yala are two of Panama’s most sustainable communities, but they also are starkly different. Medill's Luodan Rojas reports.