Stories by Food and Environment Reporting Network

Chile's berry farms run on imported bumblebees while Patagonia's giant native bee vanishes

A FERN/bioGraphic investigation from raspberry fields near Osorno: Chile has imported 1,633,011 Bombus terrestris colonies and queens since 1997 for berries and greenhouse crops, and the endangered Bombus dahlbomii, Patagonia's only endemic bumblebee, is down 50-90%; researchers say the European b

Food and Environment Reporting Network15 September 20263 min read

Agribusiness

Three processors set the Bristol Bay sockeye price; small plants offer fishermen a way out

FERN and Offrange report from the world's largest salmon run, where Trident, Canfisco and Silver Bay now dominate after a decade of consolidation; base prices have barely moved since the 1980s, collapsing from US$1.15 a pound in 2022 to 50 cents in 2023, and small operators such as Kvichak Fish pay

Food and Environment Reporting Network8 September 20263 min read