Food & Agriculture
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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.
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As SNAP Benefits Lapse, Rural Americans Step Up to Meet Their Neighbors’ Needs
“ Lots of people are having to make really tough choices”
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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
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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.
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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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