
A Transportation Security Administration checkpoint at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago last week on the first day of the government shutdown.

A Transportation Security Administration checkpoint at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago last week on the first day of the government shutdown.

Children learning to garden with their mothers during a “Kids Farm Day” event earlier this month in Aberlin Springs, an “agri-community” in southwest Ohio.



Hansa Ahir, left, who salvages recyclable waste for a living in Ahmedabad, India, bought an insurance policy to cover her income on days when heat makes it dangerous to work.

Activists at the COP28 U.N. climate summit in Dubai last December calling for a “Plant Based Treaty,” to call attention to the role played by greenhouse gases that are generated by meat and dairy production.

Harvesting cassava on a farm in Oyo, Nigeria, in May. A new U.S. program is trying to promote a return to traditional crops like cowpeas, cassava and millets.

Alexander Rainer, who runs the Rochelt distillery in Fritzens, Austria, lets his schnapps rest in demijohns to balance the alcohol and fruit flavors before filling the bottles by hand.

A cannabis farm in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand. The latest regulations for marijuana could give an edge to a high-quality domestic supply of weed.