Is climate change to blame for the high cost of potato chips? We crunched the numbers
Pennsylvania potato experts say potato chip prices are up because of inflation. But heat and poor growing conditions in the state are playing a role.
Food and Agriculture
How to start composting at home
It doesn't take a lot of space or special equipment to start a compost pile or bin at home. Composting benefits garden soil and the climate.
Pittsburgh startup aims to make food waste recycling easy and affordable
Ecotone Renewables’ ZEUS units break down food waste through anaerobic digestion, turning it into a liquid fertilizer and renewable energy.
It’s easy to compost. Just drop off your food waste at a Pittsburgh farmers market
Pittsburgh offers a composting drop-off for food waste at its four Citiparks farmers markets. Bring veggie scraps, but no meat or dairy.
Composting and feeding food waste to animals have big climate benefits, study finds
The study found that diverting all food waste from landfills would avoid close to 40 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalents per year.
How small temperature shifts lead to more blooms and bees
The joint study between Penn State and Pitt researchers shows that small differences in temperature within a farm field can affect how many bees it attracts.
More money for agriculture innovation pitched by Shapiro after high demand
The Shapiro administration wants to double the amount of money Pennsylvania spends to support new agricultural technologies and conservation.
Pa. farmers among hundreds impacted by Trump admin’s gutting of climate-friendly grants
Federal grants for climate-friendly farming and crops like flax have been canceled. The cuts are hitting Pennsylvania hard.
Helping kids with autism learn ‘earth-to-table’ gardening
" I really just wanted to share that with other children [who] are on the spectrum because a lot of times, these kids get left behind."
Farmers in Trump country were counting on clean energy grants. Then the government moved the goalposts.
Thousands of farmers and small rural businesses remain in limbo as USDA demands grant rewrites favoring fossil fuels over renewables.
