Commentary

Ranchers Emery Birdwell and Deborah Clark on the Birdwell Clark Ranch in Texas. (Photo credit: USDA NRCS)

Ranchers Denounce Corporate Control over Cattle Markets

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10.11.19

Triumph Foods pork processing facility April 28, 2017. The facility houses 2,800 employees in St. Joseph, Mo. USDA photo by Preston Keres

The Food System Needs Whistleblowers, Too

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09.30.19

woman throwing food away into the compost bin making food waste

There’s a Blueprint to Halve the Food Waste Fiasco

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09.06.19

Composite photo of beef cattle eating grass in front of the Amazon rain forest burning

A Livestock Farmer’s Response to the Amazon Fires

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09.04.19

a farmer in a field looking out at the harvest and thinking about supply management

Warren and Sanders Think This Farm Policy Will Help Rural America Rebound. Does it Stand a Chance?

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08.26.19

the front of a walmart supercenter

Walmart’s Super-Sized Impact on the Food System

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07.12.19

Oregon farmer Noah Williams works with the USDA NRCS to build healthier soil on his farm. (Photo CC-licensed by NRCS Oregon

Will Indigo Ag’s New Private Carbon Market Pay Off for Farmers?

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07.11.19

Heinz Thomet of Next Step Produce in Maryland

A Maryland Grain Grower Takes Regenerative Agriculture to the Next Step

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07.10.19

people standing in line for food

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

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05.16.19

black hand picking an apple for heritage cider

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

aerial view of the voelker family's dairy farm

How the Dairy Crisis Killed My Family’s Farm

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03.14.19

farmer harvesting corn

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

hands holding a bowl of manoomin wild rice

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

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02.08.19