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The closure of some once buzzed-about vertical farming companies has some questioning the future of the sector, but this nascent field is still showing strong signs of growth.

Darrell West discusses how employers and policymakers can best support workers who may be affected by the transition to AI.

“A robust Commonsverse already exists, poised to liberate us from a market/state system that otherwise limits the scope of possible change.”…

The ways funders and impact investors think about money often reinforces inequality, even when they seek to reduce it. Here are some ways to get out of this vicious circle.

Republican reconciliation bill cuts to social programs will prevent money from circulating among local businesses and damage regional economies.

Climate change is decreasing crops’ nutritional value, in addition to the stress crops experience from extreme heat, drought and flooding.

SNAP-Ed funds nutrition education, and anti-obesity initiatives, reaching more than 2 million New Yorkers last year. Under Trump’s new legislation, it will end on Sept. 30.

A growing international network of schools, farms, bike haulers and community gardens is showing the world that community composting programs can create jobs and improve neighborhoods.

Documented, an immigrant-facing nonprofit newsroom, shares the creative and innovative ways they’ve gone about reaching underserved communities.

This piece was written by Sarah Carter. America is in crisis, and it cannot all be pinned on an oligarchic administration determined to create chaos.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Most of the U.S.adults who have experienced major flooding in the past five years think climate change was at least a partial cause……