A Black family standing outside their home. Photo © Ernest Lowe

Black Migrants: Photographs of California’s Forgotten Agricultural Past

hand reaching for organic produce at the supermarket

The Organic Food Industry Forges Its Own Path to Expand Growth

By Sarah Shemkus

11.14.18

A farmworker couple, Nelson and Silvia* from Guatemala, surveys the flooding outside of their North Carolina trailer home after Hurricane Florence. (Photo by Justin Cook.)

Months After Hurricane Florence, Undocumented Farmworkers Still Struggle to Recover

By Victoria Bouloubasis

11.13.18

John Lemondes shearing one of his Rambouillet sheep. (Photo © James Bemus.)

This Veteran Learned the Value of American Wool in the Army. Now He’s Raising His Own Sheep.

By Tamara Scully

11.12.18

Young Women are Reviving Indigenous Food Traditions Online

By Anna Kusmer

11.09.18

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soybeans dicamba

Beyond Damaging Crops, Dicamba is Dividing Communities

A chicken processing plant worker on the line. (Photo credit: Earl Dotter for the Northwest Arkansas Workers' Justice Center.)

Workers Fear Injury as Administration Clears Way for Faster Chicken Slaughter

By Claire Kelloway

11.07.18

Election Day Cake: A Recipe to Help Rebuild Our Democracy

By Kim O'Donnel

11.06.18

Dairy farm photo by Darinburt on Istockphoto.

What’s Behind the Crippling Dairy Crisis? Family Farmers Speak Out.

By Lela Nargi

11.05.18

Lagoons outside a factory farm in North Carolina. Photo CC-licensed by Waterkeeper Alliance.

A New EPA Rule Would Allow Factory Farms to Avoid Reporting Air Pollution

By Mark Hand

11.02.18

The Rural Environment and Agriculture Project

Beyond Damaging Crops, Dicamba is Dividing Communities

Reckoning with Opioids in Farm Country

Racing Against the Harvest, Custom Wheat Cutters Struggle to Stay Relevant

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