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Where Do Food Banks Fit in to the Fight for a Green New Deal?

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05.16.19

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American Cider in Black and White

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05.10.19

Chellie Pingree unveiled her five ag principles at Bumbleroot Organic Farm in Windham, Maine, in April. (Photo by Matthew Whalen Photography)

5 Ways Congress Can Support Farmers to Mitigate Climate Change

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05.08.19

SNAP is Going Online. Will the Term ‘Food Desert’ Soon Be Obsolete?

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05.01.19

What the ‘Insect Apocalypse’ Has to Do With the Food We Eat

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04.17.19

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How the Dairy Crisis Killed My Family’s Farm

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03.14.19

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Fixing our Food System—and Reviving Rural America—Means Breaking Up Big Ag

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02.28.19

Participants of Soul Fire Farm’s training program transplant pepper seedlings. Photo by Neshima Vitale-Penniman.

By Reconnecting With Soil, We Heal the Planet and Ourselves

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02.18.19

Volunteers plant a small ornamental garden at the corner of a newly cleaned vacant lot in Philadelphia.

How Urban Agriculture Can Improve Food Security

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02.14.19

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Why the White Earth Band of Ojibwe Legally Recognized Wild Rice’s Rights

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02.08.19

Hundreds gather in San Francisco with the youth led Sunrise Movement to call on House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi to support the formation of a Select Committee to advance a Green New Deal to address Climate Change. (Photo CC-licensed by Peg Hunter)

A Green New Deal Must Include Food and Farming

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01.30.19

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New Research Explores the Ongoing Impact of Racism on the U.S. Farming Landscape

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01.25.19

Inside La Morada. (Photo by Vidha Kotahwala via Google)

At a Beloved Mexican Restaurant in the Bronx, an Arrest Sparks Outrage

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01.18.19

a chart showing the seed industry monopoly in 2018

The Sobering Details Behind the Latest Seed Monopoly Chart

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01.11.19

Farmer drives a combine in Midwest grain field to harvest mature corn. Photo by Phil Rozenski, Shiloh, IL

As a New Congress Takes Office, it’s Time to Hit the Pause Button on Big Ag Mergers

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01.04.19

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Our Readers Respond: The Year in Food and Farming

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12.28.18

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Making Healthy School Lunches Free for All Should Be a National Priority

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12.14.18

Congress Will Likely Legalize Hemp in the Farm Bill. It Should Also Heal the USDA’s History of Discrimination.

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12.07.18