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Some California farmers pay water fee to protect aquifers. Does it work?

With aquifers nationwide in dangerous decline, one part of California has tried essentially taxing groundwater. New research shows it’s working.
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The secret behind Japan’s delicious strawberries: Kerosene

The growing season has become completely reversed thanks to kerosene-burning greenhouses and the big prices paid for the earliest, best berries.
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Strawberries tell the story of an era of disruption

Pandemics and global warming are linked. So are rising flood waters, violent hurricanes and recent wildfires in California that threw up enough smoke to darken east coast skies.

As California wildfires rage, the harvest goes on
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As California wildfires rage, the harvest goes on

As California suffers through its worst wildfire season in modern history, agricultural workers are still going to work, risking heat, smoke, and COVID-19 to pick grapes and harvest strawberries.

Vertical farming takes off in aging Japan

Vertical farming takes off in aging Japan

The nondescript building on an industrial site near Kyoto gives little hint to the productivity inside: 30,000 heads of lettuce grow here daily.

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