Researchers, patients optimistic in fight against alpha-gal syndrome
A support group and a lab in the St. Louis area provide resources for people with the allergy to mammal products — and evidence that its effects can be reversed.
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Newsrooms invited to apply to join Ag & Water Desk through Report for America
The Desk is hiring for six new reporting positions through Report for America. Newsrooms can apply now to host one of the new reporters.
The Desk welcomes new assistant editorial director and data journalist
Two new additions to the Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk bring expertise in science journalism.
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Author interview: the difficult, sometimes hilarious search for sustainably produced food
Zackary Vernon's new collection of essays investigates his yearslong efforts to eat outside of our industrialized food production system.
Desk reporters follow up on catastrophes and look ahead to hurricane season
The summer solstice is this weekend, things are heating up and the seasonal reset is kicking in. The Desk is
‘In every room, every hand would go up’: Panelists discuss cancer, pesticides and environmental risks
Our partners at Investigate Midwest explore how decades of industrialized farming, pressure from chemical manufacturers and federal farm policy have left many producers relying heavily on pesticides.
How do you fix a backwards river?
Editorial director Chas Sisk reflects on our recent event exploring the radical engineering of the Chicago River.
How do you fix a backwards river? A conversation from the banks of the Chicago
The Ag & Water Desk recently asked a leader of Chicago’s water district and an environmental activist about the consequences of reversing the Chicago River in 1900. They shared their thoughts during the Society of Environmental Journalists’ annual conference.