Food & Agriculture

Proponents of industrial agriculture seek access to emails and threaten local officials with lawsuits to prevent environmental regulation of CAFOs

Vermont and other states consider how to regulate the new industry

The signs of a changing climate harbinger hard times for agricultural communiities in the Great Plains and the Midwest

Pulitzer Prize winner Art Cullen explains

A University of Iowa researcher has a solution to the decades-long degradation of the state's water quality

"It’s a lot easier to participate in these kinds of programs when there’s money in the checkbook," says dairy farmer Guy Chioniere

Since 1978, Kay and Ted Berger have forgone the amenities of "civilization" and built a life as Ozark farmers

For 50 years, the Monitor Advocate System has set out to prevent unsafe housing, wage theft and other abuses. It now faces chronic understaffing and a lack of outreach.

The region is becoming a “hotbed” for organic agriculture

Illinois growers attend the Farmers for Climate Action: Rally for Resilience in Washington and lobby members of Congress

The solid waste industry is greenwashing food waste-to-sewer programs

From “Flyover Country” to “The Heartland,” public perceptions of rural America are based on political rhetoric rather than data