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The Other Iran War Crisis: It’s Threatening Global Food Supplies

This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Up until the end of February, a steady...

13.03.2026 7

Mother Jones

Ayurella Horn-Muller

How the war in Iran threatens food supply everywhere

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

13.03.2026 6

Vox

Ayurella Horn-Muller

Iran War Threatens Global Food System — and Some Already Feel the Impact

Iran War Threatens Global Food System — and Some Already Feel the Impact

The same countries that stand to face the most harm already struggle with food security after Trump dissolved USAID.

12.03.2026 4

Truthout

Ayurella Horn-Muller

Farmers Were Promised $400 Million in Drought Aid. Trump’s USDA Ghosted Them.

This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. For those coaxing thirsty crops like...

25.02.2026 10

Mother Jones

Ayurella Horn-Muller

Biofuels Push at COP30 Could Accelerate Climate Crisis and Threaten Food Supply

Despite their positioning as a green alternative, experts warn biofuels expansion could have catastrophic consequences.

23.11.2025 2

Truthout

Ayurella Horn-Muller

How the Federal Shutdown Broke America’s Food Chain

This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In a dramatic twist of political...

20.11.2025 4

Mother Jones

Ayurella Horn-Muller

For at Least One Small Iowa Rancher, This Shutdown May Prove the Final Straw

This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Last June, record flooding swept...

04.11.2025 3

Mother Jones

Ayurella Horn-Muller

The Shutdown Will Worsen Hunger—Which the Trump Administration Just Stopped Tracking

This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The federal government shutdown is...

14.10.2025 3

Mother Jones

Ayurella Horn-Muller

USDA Said It Would Cut $148M in DEI Grants, Then Went Dark on Grant Recipients

The cuts were announced in June, but groups who fear they could be affected have heard minimal information since then.

31.07.2025 3

Truthout

Ayurella Horn-Muller

Trump’s Funding Cuts Force Food Banks to Ration Meals for Texas Flood Survivors

Texas already leads the nation in hunger rates with more than 5 million residents facing food insecurity.

16.07.2025 5

Truthout

Ayurella Horn-Muller

Trump’s Funding Cuts Leave Alaska Native Village in the Dark, Stalling Clean Energy Dreams

This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. For the fewer than a hundred people...

15.06.2025 10

Mother Jones

Ayurella Horn-Muller

Trump’s EPA Terminates Grant That Would Have Drastically Reduced Food Waste

The US wastes over one-third of its food supply, which contributes considerably to global greenhouse gas emissions.

09.05.2025 7

Truthout

Ayurella Horn-Muller

Trump’s USDA Dismantled Decades of Federal Food Policy in Just 100 Days

The people who grow and sell America's food no longer trust the USDA.

03.05.2025 4

Truthout

Ayurella Horn-Muller

Trump Guts Farm-to-School Grants, Undermining “Make America Healthy Again” Plan

The US Department of Agriculture cancelled a program intended to provide public schools with locally produced fresh vegetables.

27.04.2025 10

Truthout

Ayurella Horn-Muller

Carcinogen Rising in Rice Supply Due to Climate Change

Higher temperatures and CO2 levels are increasing rice's uptake of inorganic arsenic from soil.

18.04.2025 3

Truthout

Ayurella Horn-Muller

USDA Is Letting Grantees Nix DEI and Climate Language From Clean Energy Projects

The agency is unfreezing gridlocked money for farmers, but there appeared to be some fine print.

06.04.2025 10

Truthout

Ayurella Horn-Muller

Cuts to Federal Food Aid Are Severing a Lifeline for Natural Disaster Survivors

USDA’s decision to cut $1 billion worth of food aid is causing layoffs and shortfalls, all as hunger continues to climb.

19.03.2025 7

Truthout

Ayurella Horn-Muller

Mango farms where? Climate change is scrambling where the world’s food is grown

"Rising temperatures, shifting precipitation, and emerging diseases are among the mélange of climate impacts . . ."

31.01.2025 8

Salon

Ayurella Horn-Muller

Report: Climate Crisis Is Causing 3 Quarters of the World’s Land to Dry Out

This story was originally published by Grist . Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. As Earth grows warmer, its ground is becoming drier and...

28.12.2024 5

Truthout

Ayurella Horn-Muller