"What the Historic Climate Bill Means for Farmers and the Food System"
"The Inflation Reduction Act includes billions for sustainable agriculture and a last-minute provision to provide debt relief to farmers."
Source: Civil Eats, 08/10/2022
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WTO Deal on Fishing Subsidies May Reduce Ocean Overfishing
A new World Trade Organization agreement to limit global overfishing may yield important stories for environmental journalists, as billions of people around the world rely on already heavily exploited fish stocks as their main source of protein. This Backgrounder offers details on the pact and how it tries to address the problem, while providing resources for your reporting.
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Offshore Fish Farms: Source Of Food Production - Or Of Ocean Pollution?
"Deep-sea aquaculture is proliferating around the planet, promising to ‘feed the world’. Yet many fear the harm this new frontier could wreak on marine life".
Source: Guardian, 07/20/2022
Record-Breaking Seafood Production Must See ‘Blue Transformation’: FAO
"Nearly one in four people across the planet don’t have access to a nutritious diet. But the latest “State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture” (SOFIA) report by the U.N.’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) outlines a “blue transformation” with the potential to take the edge off critical food security issues."
Source: Mongabay, 07/12/2022
Farmers Markets Offer Many Local Environmental Stories
Reporters needn’t always go far and wide to find environment angles. A case in point is your local farmers market, which can yield a variety of food-related stories, ranging from food justice and urban agriculture to pesticides and organics. That and a few tasty samples on the side. TipSheet takes a stroll through the aisles for the backstory, plus reporting resources and story ideas.
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"Zimbabwe's Drought-Hit Farmers Fear Hunger After Poor Maize Harvest"
"Drought-ruined crops and a government mandate to sell harvests to the state raise fears of food insecurity".
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn., 07/01/2022
"Niger Is In The Eye Of The Climate Crisis – And Children Are Starving"
"Aguié’s clinic is full of malnourished children, with more dying in villages, as the global food crisis worsens years of drought".
Source: Guardian, 06/22/2022
"The Race Against Time To Breed A Wheat To Survive The Climate Crisis"
"Scientists are testing forgotten wheat varieties from across the world to find those with heat- and drought-tolerant traits".
Source: Guardian, 06/13/2022
"‘We Buried Him and Kept Walking’: Children Die as Somalis Flee Hunger"
"The worst drought in four decades and a sharp rise in food prices caused by the war in Ukraine have left almost half of Somalia’s people facing acute food shortages."
Source: NYTimes, 06/13/2022
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