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Alternative proteins are one way innovators are creating effective solutions to the climate crisis, global food insecurity, and biodiversity loss. Animal agriculture accounts for nearly a fifth of global emissions, with meat consumption projected to increase 50 percent by 2050,

In Haiti, the Evens Brutus Foundation, a nonprofit organization, is working to break cycles of poverty. Through their school gardens programs, they are connecting young people to the land while supporting their empowerment.

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If you ask people who care about food and the planet what they should eat, and the answer usually comes back the same: eat Mediterranean. Olive oil, vegetables, fish instead of beef. It is healthy, enjoyable, and politically safe.

It is also too modest. The Mediterranean diet is a real improvement over a typical Weste...

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Midterm Election Surprises

Voters delivered big surprises on Tuesday, with Democrats winning control of both the House and Senate.

In Kansas, Republican Senator Roger Marshall, who serves on the Senate Agriculture Committee, lost his...