Syrian seeds and the future of wheat

Engulfed by war, Syria's seed bank still provided the genetic resources for a new generation of climate-resilient wheat varieties

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Media Partner

You are what you eat

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Cooking Light

Homes or gardens?

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NPR's The Salt

Drinking problems: A Kansas farm town confronts a tap-water crisis

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Harper’s Magazine

The jamón went down to Georgia

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Eater

Daily Reporting and Analysis on Food, Agriculture and the Environment

After House rejection, farm bill timeline may stretch into 2019

By ,  May 21, 2018

House panel votes to keep SNAP retailer data secret

May 16, 2018

Today’s quick hits, May 15, 2018

May 14, 2018

Can Syrian seeds save climate-challenged U.S. wheat?

May 14, 2018

USDA kills the proposed organic checkoff program

By ,  May 13, 2018

Understanding the microbiome is the ‘next frontier in medicine’

May 3, 2018

Farmers increasingly look to supply management to steady U.S. agriculture

By ,  May 2, 2018

This burger fights climate change, a new study says

By ,  May 1, 2018

Homes or gardens? Tension rises between developers and urban farmers.

April 29, 2018

Smithfield verdict raises hopes for opponents of industrial ag

By ,  April 29, 2018

Invasive tick finds foothold in New Jersey

By ,  April 26, 2018

Farm bill debate: Eggs, animal welfare, and the ‘free trade zone’ of America

By ,  April 19, 2018

FERN’s Friday Feed: Heading to Syria to save Midwestern wheat

Editor’s Desk: FERN wins Beard media award for investigative journalism

Editor’s Desk: Ham, rice and water

Can agriculture and wildlife co-exist? Rice farmers think so.

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California Report

Building a backup bee

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Scientific American

A slow-motion catastrophe threatens 350-year-old farms

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The Atlantic

An unlikely climate crusade in Trump country

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WorldPost

Is ‘seed to table’ the next big food trend? One top chef hopes so.

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Washington Post

$40 million later, a pioneering plan to boost wild fish stocks shows little success

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NPR's The Salt

SPOTLIGHT 2018: Stories to watch in food and agriculture

Farm fumes are harming our health. Here’s what we can do about it.

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Ensia

Was your seafood caught with slave labor? New tool tries to help retailers.

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NPR's The Salt
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