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Virginia Gewin

Virginia Gewin is a freelance science journalist based in Portland, Oregon. As a 2016 Alicia Patterson Foundation Fellow, Gewin reported on food security and agricultural biodiversity. Her stories have appeared in Nature, Science, Discover, Washington Post, Modern Farmer and others. See more of her work at www.virginiagewin.com.

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Laurent Lollis looks out over a herd at Buck Island Ranch, with his father, Gene Lollis, in the background. Buck Island Ranch is owned by Archbold Biological Station and is a leading site for rangelands science, including biodiversity and carbon cycling research. Recent studies have shown that grazing of grasses in the humid soils increases the carbon sequestration by the roots.
Raising Nature on Florida Ranchlands
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August 11, 2020

“Rancher vs Environmentalist” has been a longstanding trope. But in the Sunshine State, ranching just may be the last, best hope for ecological salvation.

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Can Wild Foods Save the Amazon?
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October 23, 2018

Peruvian chefs and Amazon dwellers hope the answer is yes—and that the path to salvation will be sabroso.

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Tech Support for an Ailing Planet
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January 30, 2018

With the threats of poaching and deforestation mounting, some start-ups are taking a high-tech approach to the world’s most pressing conservation issues.

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Ancient Crops Find New Life
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March 7, 2017

Feeding the world sustainably—and nutritiously—may require crops that most people have never even heard of.

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