Food & Agriculture

Deere Settlement Is a Win for the Right to Repair. But Advocates Say There’s a Catch

FTC settlement has raised questions about why the Trump administration chose not to pursue a trial

The Save Our Bacon Act Won’t Save American Farms

The bill supports multinational corporations and not independent farmers like me

The Bigger the Corporation, the Bigger the Diarrhea Outbreak

Taylor Farms and other large produce corporations have long exerted political power to weaken food safety regulations

Why America Doesn’t Grow Its Own Food

Our system of agriculture is designed to punish farmers and rural communities

America Can Grow Its Own Food Again

Stop treating rural America like a colony to be drained

The Most Dangerous Job in Coachella Valley

Date palm workers face immigration raids and injury to harvest a specialty crop
Essay and photography by David Bacon

A Young Populist Heats Up the Texas Agriculture Commissioner Race

Data centers, Big Ag and the New World screwworm take center stage for rural voters

Chris Jones Leads Fearless Campaign Against Big Ag

Will Iowa’s cancer crisis finally tip the political scale?
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Agriculture
June 18, 2026

For Coachella Farmworkers, the Grape Strikes of the 20th Century Cast a Long Shadow

Reflections on what could have been, a half-century later

Essay and photography by David Bacon
2026 Elections
June 12, 2026

Rural California Voters Defy DCCC and Israel Lobby

Randy Villegas advances in contentious primary that could flip a key House district

Immigration
May 7, 2026

On May Day, Farmworkers and Their Children Defy Poverty and Deportations

Hundreds of farmworkers, students and community activists make their voices heard

Essay and photography by David Bacon

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