FARMING

A Farm Rescue volunteer stands with a farmer getting help from the nonprofit.

After Midwest Flooding, Volunteer Hay Drops Provide a Lifeline for Farmers

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04.22.19
Aliza Sokolow photo collage

Aliza Sokolow’s Food Photos Could Change the Way You Think About Farmers

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04.19.19

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

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04.17.19
Lisa Kivirist (left) at one of her In Her Boots networking potlucks. (Photo courtesy of Lisa Kivirist)

Ag Census: Female Farmers are Coming into Their Own—and Networking is Key to Their Success

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04.16.19
Latinx farmowner Victor Cortes

Ag Census: More Latinx Farmers Own Their Land. Could They Make the Food System More Sustainable?

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04.15.19
farmer standing alone in an empty field of his zero-sales farm

Ag Census: Is it a Farm if it Doesn’t Sell Food?

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04.12.19
young farmer tending to his flock of sheep

Ag Census: Despite Many Challenges, the U.S. Has More Young Farmers Than it Did Five Years Ago

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04.12.19
tractor spraying pesticides on a field

A Decade of Pesticides, GMOs, and Alternatives to Chemical-Intensive Farming

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04.10.19
A 2011 photo from the NASA Earth Observatory showing the blue green algae bloom.

Factory Farms are Polluting Lake Erie. Will the Lake’s New Legal Rights Help?

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04.09.19
Fruit pickers protest in the Wonderful Company's orchards. (Photo courtesy of UFW)

The Farmworkers Who Pick Your Halo Mandarins Just Organized a Massive Labor Strike

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04.08.19
Top photo: University of Missouri students produce maple syrup at Baskett Wildlife Research and Education Center. (Photo CC-licensed by the UM College of Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources.)

Could Maple Syrup Be a Climate Change Solution?

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04.03.19
Senator Elizabeth Warren (center) greeted by Art Cullen at the Heartland Forum. (Photo © Damon Dahlen/HuffPost)

At the Heartland Forum, Presidential Hopefuls Address Rural Ag Issues Head-On

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04.02.19
Discussing the hemp research plot on the University of Kentucky's Spindletop Research farm in northern Fayette County. (Photo credit: UK College of Agriculture, Food & Environment)

Farmers Bet Big on the South’s First Organic Hemp Cooperative

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03.29.19
farming at urban adamah - woman moving a wheelbarrow

Could the Ancient Jewish Practice of Shmita Be a New Tool for Sustainable Ag?

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03.28.19
Melissa and Andy Dunham with a weekly CSA share from their farm. (Photo courtesy of Grinnell Heritage Farm)

Grinnell Heritage Farm is Farming Against Type—and Against the Odds—in Iowa

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03.27.19
When Richelle and her partner, Dallas were planning their vacation to Puerto Rico, they knew they wanted to volunteer somewhere for a day. They reached out to World Central Kitchen’s Puerto Rico team, who coordinated a visit to ARECMA where they helped farmer Jose for the day. Pictured above: Richelle + Jose.

Photo Essay: Puerto Rico’s Small Farmers Rebuild, with Help from Chef José Andrés’ World Central Kitchen

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03.25.19
Mexican farmworkers (known as 'chileros') harvesting New Mexico's famed green chile. (Photo credit: Joseph Sorrentino / iStock)

A New American Dream: The Rise of Immigrants in Rural America

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03.22.19
farmer spraying pesticides on his farm with a safety mask on

California’s Pesticide Regulators Are Supposed to Consider Safer Alternatives. Many Don’t.

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03.20.19