Food & Agriculture
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)

Guess Who’s Crawling to Dinner?
Scientists warn that reducing our demand for meat is needed to mitigate climate change. Do insects provide the answer?

‘What We’re Up Against’: North Dakota Towns Stand Up to Farm Bureau for Clean Water
Pelican Township gets dragged into a national campaign to upend local zoning rules.

Building Movements for Food and Racial Justice Through Organic Farming
For Iriel Edwards, a decision to take up farming in Louisiana was fueled by a desire to connect to the deep ecological knowledge of her ancestors

Is Supporting Family Farmers Still Too “Hot” for the Democratic Party?
“If we Democrats don’t stand unequivocally for family farmers, why do we think they should stand with us?”

The Farm Bill Has Expired and Rural America Hangs in the Balance
If Democrats were strategic, they would seize this moment

Drought Resistant Millet, a Crop for a Changing Climate
"I've never seen a crop that stood the heat and stood the drought and still made me money," says Matt Little, who grows millet in Ellis County, Oklahoma

Not Every Farmer Wants to “Get Big or Get Out”
As land ownership continues to consolidate into fewer and wealthier hands, some small farmers vow to stay in place

Tribes Take the Lead on Regenerative Agriculture
Ioway, Choctaw, Muscogee (Creek) and Quapaw share their traditional practices with both Native and nonnative farmers to improve the soil and water for everyone

Could Raw Milk Reinvent the Future of Dairy?
Through small-scale production, farmers can make more money and their customers can get better milk

Regulating CAFOs Hits Snag in Wisconsin
Proponents of industrial agriculture seek access to emails and threaten local officials with lawsuits to prevent environmental regulation of CAFOs

Are Cannabis Growers Farmers? More Than a Name Is at Stake
Vermont and other states consider how to regulate the new industry
