Food & Agriculture

Trump Promised to Investigate Meat Monopolies. He Gutted Antitrust Staff Instead.

The Trump administration had slashed budgets and staffing for offices responsible for protecting farmers and consumers against consolidated power in the agriculture sector
John McCracken, Investigate Midwest

Maine Listened to Farmers and Confronted the PFAS Crisis

A new book captures how a state responded with integrity to the hazards of “forever chemicals”

The Trojan Hog in the Farm Bill

How the Save Our Bacon Act threatens family farmers and state sovereignty

USDA Can Address the PFAS Crisis on Farmland, Report Finds

Rep. Pingree of Maine calls for a federal safety net to support farmers affected by PFAS pollution
Shannon Kelleher, The New Lede

Organic Farmers Unite to Keep Your Food Healthy

Meet the farmers, organizers and eaters changing our food system from the ground up

Why Is California Paying North Carolina Farms to Make Gas From Hog Waste?

A growing biogas pipeline network has already drawn civil rights complaints
Blanca Begert, Inside Climate News

What if Big Ag Didn’t Control Our Food?

Antitrust expert Austin Frerick looks at rural innovators and food solutions

Big Ag Has Corrupted Our Food System. Here’s How We Can Rebuild.

Austin Frerick explains how eaters and farmers can unite to fix our broken food system
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Agriculture
January 29, 2026

Are Americans Getting Sweet on Sorghum?

With maple syrup production shrinking as the world warms farmers see this ancient grain an alternative

Agriculture
January 1, 2026

Robotics: The Last Nail in Rural America’s Coffin?

Farms without farmers are likely coming to a county near you

Agriculture
December 18, 2025

‘Homesick for the Land Itself’

Author, farmer and advocate Brooks Lamb on cultivating common ground through love for the land

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