Food & Agriculture

Thanksgiving Is Built on Farmers. Our Food System Should Be Too.

Antitrust enforcement isn’t about punishing success. It’s about ensuring that farmers and eaters can thrive.

How We Lost the Family Dairy 

My father wanted others to know his story

At Gilliard Farms, Food, Healing and Heritage Grow Together

For 150 years, a family of Gullah Geechee descent has preserved their story through family land

Mark Bittman’s New Restaurant Aims to ‘Turn the Food System on Its Head’

Community Kitchen explores how a restaurant can make food equitable for all—from the farmer to the diner

Immigrants Revitalized a Meatpacking Town. Trump’s Deportations Threaten Its Stability.

Beardstown, Illinois, shows how immigration crackdowns impact rural communities and the nation’s food supply.
Juan Vassallo, Investigate Midwest

What’s the Beef?

Why a touted Argentina beef buy has U.S. ranchers stewing

Rural Schools Struggle to Rebuild Fresh Food Programs Cut by Trump

As federal money disappears, some states step up funding for nutritious food in schools, helping farmers, kids and communities

These Rural Counties Grow Crops for the World. They’re Also Going Hungry.

Food insecurity rates are rising faster in farm-dependent counties than almost anywhere else in the nation
Ben Felder, Investigate Midwest
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Culture
September 29, 2025

Farm Aid, at 40, Offers a Lifeline for Farmers Facing Their Worst Crisis in Decades

Willie Nelson, Neil Young and Bob Dylan headline a milestone 12-hour benefit concert

CAFOs
September 18, 2025

Wisconsin Notches a Win Against Big Ag—For Now

Appeals court rejects Big Ag’s attempt to deregulate water pollution permits. But the battle for local control continues.

Agriculture
September 10, 2025

MAHA Strategy Report Finds the Movement at a Crossroads

The report’s timid language around industrial farming practices has MAHA supporters—and critics—digging in for battles ahead

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