In Vermont, after floods and floods and floods, farmers were hit with a prolonged drought. As one rancher told Offrange: “If this happens again next year, we are done." New from @lelanargi.bsky.social: ambrook.com/offrange/env...

you can't trick me!

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Palm oil production got a lot of backlash for deforestation and human rights abuses. It's cleaned up its act, but not entirely. Enter the startups, creating pricey synthetic palm oil alternatives in a lab. Do we need them? New from @andrewrosenblum.bsky.social: ambrook.com/offrange/sus...

Palm oil production got a lot of backlash for deforestation and human rights abuses. It's cleaned up its act, but not entirely. Enter the startups, creating pricey synthetic palm oil alternatives in a lab. Do we need them? New from @andrewrosenblum.bsky.social: ambrook.com/offrange/sus...

It is remarkable that one of my writers who is likely younger than me is still doing double spaces after the period.

get wrecked Slack

In a first-of-its-kind collaboration, an Upstate New York turkey farmer grazed 650 turkeys under solar panels — before harvesting them for Thanksgiving. New from Jacob Zajkowski: ambrook.com/offrange/liv...

Shit St Paul ICE agent aims gun

now looking for feedback from consumers affected by berry price sticker shock

You heard it here first

We're doing a thanksgiving turkey story but it's not boring.

Like, as an elective?

Not sure about this particular angle: PITCH: How families are navigating the high cost of berries

Email subject line: Heinz squeezable gravy enhances leftovers

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Facing unprecedented tariffs on foreign agriculture products, should the U.S. produce more of its own tea? A burgeoning cohort of growers thinks so! New from Daniel Walton: ambrook.com/offrange/cro...

During droughts, farmers are starting to "farm their own moisture." @moiradonovan.bsky.social looks into the next frontier in water procurement for agriculture, pulling water out of thin air: ambrook.com/offrange/env...

Facing unprecedented tariffs on foreign agriculture products, should the U.S. produce more of its own tea? A burgeoning cohort of growers thinks so! New from Daniel Walton: ambrook.com/offrange/cro...

Have been communicating with a freelancer on an email thread with the subject "Uh oh" for almost 15 back and forths. I just changed the subject to "Good News!" to give him some Monday sunshine, but just realized there's no good news in the email lol

During droughts, farmers are starting to "farm their own moisture." @moiradonovan.bsky.social looks into the next frontier in water procurement for agriculture, pulling water out of thin air: ambrook.com/offrange/env...

How does Food Babe still have clout? I remember her being thoroughly discredited more than a decade ago

The U.S. will soon start mining more of its own potash, a fertilizer staple. But is this a good thing? @lelanargi.bsky.social asks the real questions. ambrook.com/offrange/env...

A March 2025 executive order from the White House designating potash a “critical” mineral — along with a boost from loan guarantees and expedited permits — may lead to more U.S. production of this fertilizer. Is that actually a good thing? My latest for Offrange ambrook.com/offrange/env...

New research shows that antibiotic-resistant bacteria is increasingly linked to livestock manure. From Pragathi Ravi: ambrook.com/offrange/liv...

[Enter two other Senators with a Messenger.] THIRD SENATOR Thou hast painfully discover’d; are his files As full as thy report?

In our ongoing series of "Why not grow it here?," Offrange looks into North Carolina researchers who are trying to make ginger a lucrative domestic crop in the U.S. From Jonathan Feakins: ambrook.com/offrange/cro...

Much of the our winter produce is grown in one economically depressed desert county, where a multi-billion dollar lithium mining industry looms on the horizon. Will Imperial Valley agriculture survive? Beautiful words: Carina Imbornone Photos: Christina Yergat ambrook.com/offrange/pho...

@miriparhelion.bsky.social where is the farm in MA that grows ginger? I may have just bought some at the northampton farmers market

As a committed ginger enthusiast, anything that results on more ginger at my house is extremely relevant to my interests.

Grizzlies and wolves are a consistent problem for ranchers in Western states. Montana has found a pretty good solution, though. (Teaser: It involves compost.) New from Claire Carlson: ambrook.com/offrange/liv...

There’s a large movement afoot, using agricultural land for solar developments. But for some rural neighbors, the cons outweigh the pros. A Perspective piece from Wisconsin dairy farmer Maureen Purcell: ambrook.com/offrange/per...

I've lost track of the individual events we're lowering our flags for

Several of Schumer's aides subscribe to the Offrange newsletter. Got out of office for all of them today.

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There should be an addition to F*ck Fight or Marry...Friendship

Here's me with an op-ed in Offrange about the tendency to value undocumented immigrants only for their labor ambrook.com/offrange/per...

Starting a new relationship with Xfinity. Not loving the super-needy vibes, we'll see

BREAKING

The second-to-last episode of our ~iconic~ podcast just dropped and I think it's our best yet! Host Sarah Mock dives deep into how challenging it is for aspiring farmers to find and buy land. Also: Why is this happening? Well worth a listen: ambrook.com/offrange/pod...

Nebraska recently became the 6th state to outlaw lab-grown meat. But not only are these products not on shelves yet, Nebraska farmers and ranchers don't support the ban! Jaclyn De Candio reports on an odd political moment: ambrook.com/offrange/leg...

Anyone want a complete set?

Everyone hates the Canada goose. What's up with that? @kristenschmitt.bsky.social, asking the tough questions: ambrook.com/offrange/liv...

Nebraska recently became the 6th state to outlaw lab-grown meat. But not only are these products not on shelves yet, Nebraska farmers and ranchers don't support the ban! Jaclyn De Candio reports on an odd political moment: ambrook.com/offrange/leg...

Everyone hates the Canada goose. What's up with that? @kristenschmitt.bsky.social, asking the tough questions: ambrook.com/offrange/liv...

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Are you familiar with "microbials," the tiny biological products being sold to farmers with the promise of higher yields and greater plant health? It's a promising billion-dollar industry — without much oversight. Researcher Brianna Almeida digs in: ambrook.com/offrange/tec...

love this from @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social lol

Unfortunate url for a British pet grooming business: www.groomers-online.com

Still thinking about how my yoga teacher held a yoga fundraiser with all proceeds going to the IDF