Angelica Ang is a multimedia journalist who currently reports on stories based in New York City. Her stories meld photography and written storytelling, and center on climate, labor and social justice. Read more >

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Patricia M Day
May 16, 2024
SO what happens now to all of the former contributions to the composting program? Has it become added to the other regular garbage for collection so will probably end up in rat populated heaps? What was the rational behind cutting the funding? Will New York City now have to purchase commercially produced product to replace the composted materials that were used in the maintenance of the city's parks and street trees
Karen Young
May 16, 2024
Thanks for this beautiful in depth story. It is such a tragedy. I composted with GrowNYC more than 10 years till I moved away.

NYC mayor Eric Adams is replacing our community compost program with curbside collection. Not only do few people participate in curbside, but scraps collected there are turned into a slurry and dumped in landfills! NONE of it is composted.

People, elections matter! Please put some energy into making sure Eric Adams is a one term mayor and gets retired in 2025.
Robert Wold
May 23, 2024
What a backward step.

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HARRINGTON, MAINE - AUGUST 08: Brandon Mott loads boxes of wild blueberries onto a truck as they harvest them from the plants in the fields of independent wild Maine blueberry grower Lynch Hill Farms on August 08, 2025 in Harrington, Maine. Independent wild Maine blueberry growers in the state are experiencing challenging times as their crops face several threats posed by climate change, from increased frequency of extreme weather events like droughts, floods, destructive frost, and warmer temperatures. Courtney Hammond, Lynch Hill Farms Manager, thinks his business is possibly in jeopardy as his crops are producing fewer marketable berries than normal. He, along with other independent growers, continues to try to adapt to the weather, but they could be reaching the point of no return, said Mr. Hammond. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

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A Key Agriculture Census Doesn’t Reflect Reality, Researcher Warns

By Rebekah Alvey

September 24, 2025

In a recent paper, University of Iowa professor Silvia Secchi finds that the current Census of Agriculture is neither complete nor accurate, and could skew federal research and investment.