Climate Solutions: The Future of Food

A western Illinois beekeeper said that when you buy locally produced honey, you’re helping the environment.

In this era of a changing climate, commentator Beth Howard finds that the answer to the question of what she had for breakfast is a complicated one.

Cornucopia Natural Market & Deli has evolved and expanded along Seminary Street from a tiny storefront to a large downtown grocery store — and its customer base has quadrupled since moving in 2018.

Weather and climate-related events have a huge impact on both the planting and harvesting season for farmers, including for Kunkle Farms in Warren County.

Her time in the Peace Corps convinced Sydney Null that she should do something to mitigate the effects of climate change.

Win Phippen of Western Illinois University's School of Agriculture said it’s much more efficient to produce fuel from pennycress than it is to manufacture ethanol from corn because pennycress has natural plant oils stored in its seeds.

Corn sweat is a summertime phenomenon that happens when the crop releases water into the air. It can add to humidity, but local scientists say it likely wasn’t the main force behind the late August heat wave.