Food & Agriculture

Trump Deportations Have Dairy Farmers on Edge

“It’s just a job that the domestic workforce hasn’t sought out for decades”

Why I Joined Maine’s Farmer Day of Action and Tractor Brigade

A Maine farmer reports from the front lines of the new American agriculture movement

Can Democrats Stop the GOP From Taking a Chainsaw to the Farm Bill?

Republicans are gearing up to cut SNAP programs and increase payments to the largest farmers

A Wisconsin Farmer Learns First-Hand the Costs of Trump’s Tariffs

“Thanks to Trump, the total cost of my seed treater had risen from $12,810 to $26,132.”

Farmers in Trump Country Were Counting on Clean Energy Grants. Then the Government Changed the Rules.

Thousands of farmers and small rural businesses now in limbo as USDA demands grant rewrites that favor fossil fuels over renewables
Ames Alexander & Mario Alejandro Ariza, Floodlight; Joe Engleman, Barn Raiser

Virtual Fences, a Rancher’s New Best Friend?

New research demonstrates the potential benefits of virtual fencing for cows, pollinators and grasslands

Undoing the Power of Big Ag

A conversation with author Sonja Trom Eayrs and Farm Action co-founder Joe Maxwell
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Health Care
February 24, 2025

Bird Flu Spreads as Musk’s DOGE Cuts Public Health Funding

“It’s not enough for us to sit by on the sidelines,” says Dr. Michael Osterholm

Agriculture
December 9, 2024

‘Where There’s a Will, There’s a Way’: How a Young Virginian Kept the Farm in the Family

Farmers like Dustin Watson are turning toward new land-centered models to overcome the challenges of farm transfer and succession

CAFOs
November 21, 2024

When the CAFO Industry Comes for Your County

“Dodge County, Inc.” exposes the brutal costs of Big Ag

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