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  • Congress loosens organic standards

    Large-scale organic food producers have beaten back an attempt to strengthen national organic standards

    by Emma Brown, Nov 28, 2005
  • Semi-wild in the new West

    Semi-wild in the new West

    Semi-wild rural landscapes, where humans mingle with wildlife, are a richer source of biodiversity than many Westerners realize.

    by Paul Larmer , May 08, 2009
  • Chilling forecast

    Chilling forecast

    Warming temperatures may put an end to the stone fruit and nut harvest in California's Central Valley.

    by Ariana Brocious , Aug 12, 2009
  • Coming home to roost

    Coming home to roost

    When Paulina turns out to be Paul, the killing cone can set things right.

    by Jodi Peterson, Jul 30, 2009
  • Return of the pod man

    Return of the pod man

    Arizona farmer Mark Moody raises mesquite trees for food and furniture.

    by Ariana Brocious, Nov 10, 2009

  • Southwestern farmers, lawmakers seek solutions to worker shortages

    The Western Growers Association says its farmers need another 20,000 workers to harvest this winter’s crop, and President Bush endorses the idea of a guest-worker program to make it easier for migrant workers in the U.S.

    by Tim Westby, Feb 20, 2006
  • The persistence of a golden time in the West

    The persistence of a golden time in the West

    Seventy years after the publication of Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath, migrant workers still roam the West, eking out a tough living in its orchards and farm fields.

    by David Frey , Apr 24, 2009
  • Dust off your survival skills

    Dust off your survival skills

    In tough economic times like these, we could learn a lot from our pioneer ancestors, who managed to survive – and thrive – in a harsh Western landscape.

    by Marcia Hensley, Mar 19, 2009
  • Drought forces a new era of agricultural water conservation

    Drought forces a new era of agricultural water conservation

    Whether converting open ditches into pipelines or fallowing fields, farmers and ranchers in the West are being forced to change the ways they use water as climate-induced drought tightens its grip.

    by Paul Larmer, Feb 18, 2013
  • Farmers agree to tax those who deplete groundwater

    Farmers agree to tax those who deplete groundwater

    Amid drought and climate change in Colorado’s San Luis Valley, farmers vote for a new approach to rein in their overpumping of groundwater. Subscribers only

    by Cally Carswell, Feb 25, 2013
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