Title
& Description
News Outlet
& Journalist
Date
& Location
MEDIA TYPE
& LENGTH
7 April 2021
Davis, California, United States
Broadcast TV News
Under 3 Minutes
Researchers at University of California, Davis found that cows that were fed a small amount of seaweed in their diet drastically reduced the amount of methane they emitted, which could be a low-cost climate solution f...
25 February 2021
Dover Plains, New York, United States
Video
5-15 Minutes
Symbrosia, a clean-tech startup in Hawaii, is taking seaweed from the ocean and turning it into a powder that can be used to feed livestock to reduce the amount of methane they produce — a key contribution to greenhou...
14 January 2021
Collins, New York, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Gakwi:yo:h Farms aims to increase the Seneca Nation’s food security and sovereignty by engaging in traditional agricultural practices. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the farm has been able to continue its work to esta...
22 December 2020
Klamath, Oregon, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Conflict prevention specialists for USDA Wildlife Services in southwest Oregon work with livestock producers to deter the local wolf pack from killing livestock. The specialists patrol overnight, making noise so that ...
7 December 2020
Steamboat Springs, Colorado, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Thanks to a microloan from a local nonprofit and a willingness to try a new approach, a ranching operation in Colorado has begun introducing regenerative agriculture practices in the form of carbon capture. Using "por...
The Washington Post
William Neff
Tatiana Schlossberg
27 November 2020
Prince Edward Island, Canada
Multi-Media
1500-3000 Words
A farmer on Prince Edward Island fed his cows seaweed and noticed that they produced more milk and had better pregnancy success. A study of his cows found that they also reduced methane emissions by about 18 percent, ...
26 November 2020
Quapaw, Oklahoma, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
The Quapaw tribe runs the Downstream Casino Resort in Oklahoma where they apply combine Indigenous food and farming knowledge with modern hotel operations. They have seven greenhouses and two gardens with 20 varieties...
South Dakota News Watch
Mark Andersen
24 November 2020
South Dakota, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
A band of farmers in South Dakota are reviving “heritage turkeys,” an ancient breed of turkeys that went nearly extinct in the 1990s. There can be a learning curve and upfront costs when working with heritage turkeys,...
24 November 2020
Denver, Colorado, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Nigerian Dwarf goats can be a viable livestock option for people who want to engage in urban farming. Cities across the United States — like Phoenix, Austin, Pittsburgh, and San Diego — are making it easier to keep go...
5 November 2020
Shebu, Guangdong, China
Text
1500-3000 Words
In order to get a handle on the spread of COVID-19, and to prevent future zoonotic disease outbreaks, China introduced temporary regulations banning commercial breeding of wildlife for meat consumption. These have hit...
20 October 2020
Melbourne, Australia
Text
Under 800 Words
Those wacky waving inflatable tube men normally seen outside car dealerships may also have a dual purpose: stopping wild dingoes from killing livestock. Inspired by a similar attempt in Oregon, scientists tested the a...
23 August 2020
Botswana
Radio
3-5 Minutes
As a way to prevent livestock from being attacked by predators and to decrease conflict between farmers and big cats, a pair of conservation biologists painted eyes on the backsides of cattle to fool carnivores during...
19 August 2020
Oregon, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
An unlikely partnership between ranchers and conservationists is working together to protect grassland biodiversity on the Zumwalt Prairie Preserve in Oregon. The Nature Conservancy has cultivated relationships with l...
14 May 2020
Montana, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Farmers and ranchers across Montana are finding ways to share their products locally during the COVID-19 pandemic, which has seen livestock prices fall and food banks face higher demand. While some agricultural produc...
31 March 2020
New Hampshire, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Small-scale livestock producers and farmers are facing dire economic consequences from the coronavirus pandemic, so many are turning to a collective approach to help one another out. From home-delivery services to piv...
21 February 2020
Malta, Montana, United States
Text
Over 3000 Words
According to the WWF, 69 percent of the Northern Great Plains remains untilled, providing great opportunity for making sure that land remains untouched. Two conservation organizations, the Nature Conservancy and the A...
18 February 2020
Wisconsin, United States
Multi-Media
Over 3000 Words
Facing environmental issues, changing consumer tastes, corporate mega-farms, and more, small dairy farmers in Wisconsin are quickly adapting their business models to stay afloat. This article looks at a number of solu...
29 January 2020
Desulo, Sardinia, Italy
Text
1500-3000 Words
Sardinia's vast forests are seeing the comeback of an ancient farming practice known as silvopasture which has potential as a climate solution. The ancient technique combines trees with forage plants and livestock and...
10 December 2019
Bluffton, Georgia, United States
Video
3-5 Minutes
Pastures are able to replenish when livestock can move around. By permitting cattle to travel between pastures for feeding, Will Harris’ ranching technique allows the soil to retain more carbon. The carbon captured by...
9 December 2019
United States
Multi-Media
Over 3000 Words
As the agriculture industry faces crop and profit loss due to catastrophic weather events, many farmers and ranchers are being catalysts for conversations with politicians, scientists, and environmental groups about h...
6 December 2019
Billund, Denmark
Text
1500-3000 Words
In the United States, the use of antibiotics in livestock operations has become relatively standard, but a practice in Denmark is proving that antibiotics aren't necessarily crucial to the process. Although not all bu...
Indiana Environmental Reporter
Violet Baron
4 December 2019
Orleans, Indiana, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Small farmers in Indiana are working together to "manage the spaces they share, and to use those resources to improve their community by growing healthy food, and distributing that food to the people around them." Alt...
Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB)
Jes Burns
19 November 2019
Oregon, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
For years, a rancher in Southern Oregon has been trying to keep a local pack of wolves from killing his livestock, and after many rounds of trial and error and collaborative efforts, a high-tech fence may be the solut...
10 November 2019
Ohio, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Toxic green algae has become a prominent threat in Lake Erie, but local farmers are trying to reduce their footprint by limiting agricultural nutrient runoff from manure and fertilizer that is spread on their farm fie...
14 August 2019
Sargent, Texas, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
To protect the natural lands of the Texas coast and battle climate change, a new nonprofit is working to create a carbon dioxide storage program in partnership with private landowners. The innovative models give lando...
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