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Setbacks and solutions: Agricultural water consumption in the Colorado River Basin
Max Sano

Planet Forward Alumnus | Franklin & Marshall College, New York University

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The crisis affecting small farms and their farmers: Mental health in agricultural circles
Zareen Reza

University of Connecticut

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In defense of native plants
Sachi Kitajima Mulkey

Planet Forward Correspondent | University of California, Berkeley

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Sustainable agriculture provides a unique solution to food insecurity for D.C. residents
Alyssa Landolfi

George Washington University

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Perennial grains are the future of sustainable agriculture
Cassidy Hough

Michigan State University

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Beyond the soil | Water in Colorado
Eric Forbes

Planet Forward Correspondent | Colorado State University

Beyond the soil | Water in Colorado
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Hannah Krantz

Planet Forward Correspondent | George Washington University

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How farmers and pollution regulators work together
Hannah Krantz

Planet Forward Correspondent | George Washington University

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Animal welfare a missing topic in Supreme Court arguments about California’s Proposition 12
Emma Ricketts

Northwestern University, Medill News Service

A youthful looking pig peers into the camera while walking in a field with fellow pigs.
Does our soil have a future?
Jet Windhorst

University of Connecticut

The garden of the Spring Valley Student Farm, a one-acre vegetable garden owned by UConn dining services and run by UConn students in Mansfield, Conn., on Sept. 28, 2022.
Reinventing a sustainable crab fishery
Sachi Kitajima Mulkey

Planet Forward Correspondent | University of California, Berkeley

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Growing Soil | Soil care in regenerative agriculture
Hannah Krantz

Planet Forward Correspondent | George Washington University

Farmers forced to adapt as changing precipitation patterns reduce output, income
Madeline Papcun

University of Connecticut

‘Making food a focus’: Small farms take strides against food insecurity
Carter Weinhofer

Planet Forward Sr. Correspondent | Eckerd College

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Here’s what a refugee farmer grows on an urban Chicago farm
Adriana Martinez-Smiley

Planet Forward Correspondent | Northwestern University

Discussing soil health with dryland farmer Roy Pfaltzgraff
Eric Forbes

Planet Forward Correspondent | Colorado State University

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