SAMUEL N GILBERT

Big Tech couldn’t fix food insecurity. These small vertical farms might.

The Washington Post

Empty downtowns and rural food deserts welcome small indoor farms to revive urban areas and solve food insecurity. Continue the Full Story

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Could This Arizona Ranch Be a Model for Southwest Farmers?

Civil Eats

Oatman Flats has undergone a dramatic transformation, becoming the Southwest’s first Regenerative Organic Certified farm and a potential source of ideas for weathering climate change. Continue the Full Story

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An Ancient Irrigation System Could Help Farmers Manage Water

Civil Eats

The arid Southwest has a proven model, the acequia, for water use that is local, democratic, and resilient to heat and drought. Continue the Full Story

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‘It’s an absolute travesty’: fears for border wildlife as Trump takes office

The Guardian

Environmentalists are braced for new construction on the president’s signature border wall – and the damage that would wreak. Continue the Full Story

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Under a Texas sun, agrivoltaics offer farmers a new way to make money

The Washington Post
Solar grazing helps farmers feed their flocks while the expanding solar industry provides more clean energy to the grid.
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No ‘Oppenheimer’ fanfare for those caught in first atomic bomb’s fallout

The Washington Post
CommentTULAROSA, N.M. — A strong rumble woke 13-year-old Lucy Benavidez Garwood in the darkness,shaking the three-room adobe house where she and her family lived and rattling dishes in the kitchen
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The US government has neglected Native agriculture systems, so Indigenous communities are organizing their own food hubs

The Guardian
On the Hopi reservation in the high desert of northern Arizona, construction is underway. A dilapidated auto garage is being converted into a fully-equipped kitchen, food storage areas, dining room
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Nine practices from Native American culture that could help the environment

The Washington Post
Since the first Earth Day in 1970, the world has experienced profound ecological changes. Wildlife populations have , the result of habitat loss caused by rapid industrialization and changing temperatures.
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Seeds From Wild Crop Relatives Could Help Agriculture Weather Climate Change

Civil Eats
In the rugged Tumacácori mountain region 45 minutes south of Tucson, the Wild Chile Botanical Area (WCBA) was established in 1999 to protect and study the chiltepin pepper—the single wild
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