Food & Agriculture
Conservation Programs Are Popular with Farmers. Why Does the G.O.P. Want to Defund Them?
Republicans are targeting Inflation Reduction Act climate funding that mostly benefits red state farmers
Democrats Are Missing a Key Moment to Back Farmworkers
Despite a lack of evidence, Republicans in the House claim that high farmworker wages are causing farmers to go broke. Democrats should stand up for farmworkers and set the record straight.
Farmers Face a Precarious Future. Is the Farm Bureau on Their Side?
At the Farm Bureau’s “New Frontiers” conference, tensions flare over the future of farming
This Montana Rancher Has a Beef with Corporate Meat Monopolies
For Gilles Stockton, antitrust enforcement is the key to revitalizing our food system and fractured politics
Native Seed Network Takes Root in the Northeast
Diverse groups join forces to bolster the native seed supply for ecological restoration
The Debate Holding Up the Farm Bill is Simple. Solving It Isn’t.
How the farm safety net feeds Big Ag’s insatiable appetite
The USDA’s Organic Label Is Broken. Here’s How to Fix It.
This grassroots, farmer-led movement is working to restore credibility to organic certification
How “Right-to-Farm” Laws Betray Farmers, Disenfranchise Voters and Empower Corporations
Proponents say right-to-farm laws protect family farmers. In reality, right-to-farm laws fuel rural poverty by empowering industrial ag and dispossessing local governance
Will Congress Do Its Job and Pass a Farm Bill This Year?
More than a trillion dollars are at stake for vital food, farm, conservation and rural development spending programs in 2024
Federal Investigations into Labor Law Violations by Farm Employers Fall to Record-Low
In the face of lax enforcement by Biden’s Labor Department, labor organizations have stepped up to protect farmworkers
Nine Times More ‘Forever Chemicals’ Found in Water Near Sludge-Spread Fields
New York State and waste management entities promote the use of sewage sludge as fertilizer, but recent tests show high levels of PFAS pollution in water near sludge-spread fields
Biogas Boondoggle: Wisconsin’s Clean Energy Dollars Are Spent to Transform Livestock Waste Into “Renewable Natural Gas”
Federal funding for solar panels and wind turbines is being used to greenwash CAFOs (concentrated animal feeding operations)
