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Illinois candidates for governor talked agriculture policy at an ag sector roundtable Wednesday consisting of more than 100 industry leaders. The session was held in McLean County at Shuler Farms in rural Lexington.
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Agriculture companies are increasingly paying farmers to capture carbon. But some say the newly budding carbon marketplace isn’t enough to fight climate change.
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Curt Meine will visit Illinois State University on Thursday to deliver a lecture on conservation in a time of rapid social and environmental change.
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Today on Food Trek, host Tory Dahlhoff explores how a diverse tallgrass prairie was transformed into a landscape now dominated by monoculture crops. How did a biodiverse prairie that excelled at storing carbon turn into farmland that contributes to climate change?
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The American Lung Association's annual State of the Air report has produced mixed results for Peoria and Bloomington-Normal.
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Organic food growers have seen a boost in demand since the pandemic began. There's also demand for more people to farm the land.But as more farmers get…
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State Farm said Tuesday it will cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 50% by 2030, with plans to lean more on renewable energy, cut down on paper and fleet…
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When there is a large concentration of birds, disease tends to spread. This winter was an exceptional winter for finches coming down to central Illinois…
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Raging California wildfires on one coast and the most active Atlantic hurricane season in history on the other are just two examples of how our climate is…
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Last spring students at Illinois State University led a crowd of least 250 in a march through Uptown Normal to demand governments take action to fight…