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Opinion: The EATS Act Threatens Animal Welfare and Public Health While Protecting...

For too long, the pork industry has been permitted to inflict what amounts to criminal... (more)

Crystal Heath
September 19, 2023
The World Could Lose Half of all Farms by 2100

A study from researchers at the University of Colorado, Boulder predicts that the number of... (more)

Emily Baron Cadloff
July 27, 2023
Why Russia Pulled Out of its Grain Deal with Ukraine, and What...

The Russia-Ukraine grain deal that has been critical to keeping global food prices stable and... (more)

Anna Nagurney, The Conversation
July 25, 2023
Lack of Affordable Child Care is Hurting Young Farm Families’ Ability to...

Kerissa and Charlie Payne are beginning farmers living their dream of raising two daughters on... (more)

Shoshanah Inwood and Florence Becot, The Conversation
July 6, 2023
Farm Groups Urge Legislators to Allow Changes to the Packers and Stockyards...

More than 100 farmer, rancher, consumer and labor organizations are pleading with the US House... (more)

Emily Baron Cadloff
June 17, 2023
At Last, States Reach a Colorado River Deal: Pay Farmers Not to...

This story was originally published by Grist. You can sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter... (more)

Jake Bittle, Grist
May 25, 2023
California’s ‘Local Food Producers’ Hope Proposed New Label Will Boost Support 

Despite offices being closed, Sundays are the busiest day of the week at the Marin... (more)

Naoki Nitta
May 19, 2023
‘There Is No Safety At All.’ Living and Farming in a War...

When Ihor Mistiuk learned of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on Feb 23, 2022, he... (more)

Emily Baron Cadloff
May 15, 2023
For Urban Farmers, Community Organizing Can Be Key to Easing Zoning Constraints

When a vacant lot next to Doug Adams’ childhood home in Prince George’s County, Maryland... (more)

Bridget Shirvell
May 9, 2023