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.
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds and members of her cabinet oversaw northwest Iowa impacted by flooding in a helicopter tour June 21. Photo courtesy of Gov. Kim Reynolds’ office via Iowa Capital Dispatch
We're proud to introduce three new experienced environmental journalists who will serve as mentors for our Report for America corps members, share the occasional byline with our team and provide project advice, story ideas and more.
Our new Expert Journalists are Midwest reporter Kristoffer Tigue of Inside Climate News, story editor Julia Sklar of Sierra Magazine and senior reporter Jared Strong of the Iowa Capital Dispatch. Learn more about them here.
They join returning mentors from DTN/The Progressive Farmer, WWNO and The Times-Picayune/New Orleans Advocate. One of our outgoing experts, Erin Jordan of The Cedar Rapids Gazette, co-authored and co-edited many stories with our team in her time with us, including our recent series Farm to Trouble. She likens this unique role to being a "player-coach." (We'll miss you as you move on to teaching, Erin!)
We're so excited to give our reporters the chance to learn from these three new seasoned professionals and to bring you more stories from the whole team. Read on for our latest piece and the first stories by our new cohort of journalists.
And remember, all our work is free to republish. If you know a news outlet that you think should be running Ag & Water Desk stories, send them our way.
Communities in southeastern Louisiana can hope that the higher river levels and increase in tropical activity will stave off a third year of intense saltwater intrusion. The water from the Midwest will swell the river for several weeks.
By Delaney Dryfoos, The Lens & Phillip Powell, Arkansas Times
A barge traverses the Mississippi River in southern Louisiana on June 7. Aerial support provided by SouthWings. Credit: La’Shance Perry, The Lens
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Spread the word: The Ag & Water Desk is looking for our next Assistant Director, who provides operations and editorial support on a half-time basis. See here for full details and to apply.
