Food & Agriculture

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

Members of the Long Island-based tribe and local Sisters of St. Joseph have a long history of supportive partnership

A network of women farmers is building community and fighting for local, sustainable food.

An alternative approach to local food is taking off from Washington to Wisconsin.

In Warner, New Hampshire, a community land trust aims to address affordable housing, access to farming, and Indigenous land rights.