FARMING

A farmers' market in Queens, New York. (USDA photo by Preston Keres)

The Fight to Keep Farmers’ Markets Open During Coronavirus

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03.19.20

fine dining restaurant chef plating a healthy salad using local food from small farmers

Small Farms Also Struggle as Restaurants Shut Down Due to Coronavirus

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03.17.20

Farmers in Puerto Rico are Growing a Culture of Social Justice and Climate Resilience

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03.11.20

female farmworker picking tomatoes

After #MeToo, This Group Has Nearly Erased Sexual Harassment in Farm Fields

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03.09.20

jane kleeb harvest the vote book cover

For Democrats to Win in 2020, Invest in Rural America, says Jane Kleeb

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03.04.20

pigs in a cafo

Inside the Rural Resistance to CAFOs

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03.03.20

Kate Edwards on her Wild Woods Farm in Johnson County, Iowa. (USDA photo by Preston Keres)

In the Upper Midwest, Cracking the Code for Farmland Access

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03.02.20

Black women eating a fine meal at Resistance Served

Resistance Served 2020 Centers the Power of Black Women in Food

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02.28.20

Jennifer Taylor and Ron Gilmore at their Georgia farm. (Photo credit: Candace Pollock Moore / SSARE)

Jennifer Taylor Educates and Advocates for Underserved Small Farms in Florida

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02.27.20

Chellie Pingree visiting a farm during a Women in Agriculture event

A Comprehensive New Federal Roadmap for Climate Action on Farms

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02.26.20

YouTube Farmers, from left: Zach Johnson, Meredith Barnard, Nick Welker, Ryan Kester, and Tony Fast. (Photo courtesy of YouTube)

Can YouTube Give Farmers a Financial Boost?

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02.25.20

Indigenous women mapping land

An Enormous Land Transition is Underway. Here’s How to Make it Just.

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02.24.20

Jim Wieringa hangs the last of the fresh meat and edible organs in the cold storage room of the truck. One of the Island Grown Farmers Cooperative members, Ruthie Dougherty, director of Coffelt Farm Stewards on Orcas Island, has been working with the mobile unit since 1994. “Without the unit, there would be no island meat producers; without the unit, we're pretty much toast here," Dougherty said.

Photo Essay: Bringing the Butcher to the Farm

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02.20.20

Landowners harvesting black cohosh. (Photo by Priya Jaishanker for Appalachian Forest Farmers.)

In Appalachia, Forest Farming is Protecting Wild Botanical Plants

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02.19.20

hands scooping piles of lentils and other pulse crops

Plant-Based Diets and Regenerative Ag Have Sparked a Pea and Lentil Renaissance

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02.18.20

spraying an orchard farm with a tractor

Jury Awards $265M in Damages in Dicamba Trial Against Monsanto, BASF

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02.17.20

Cattle in an Oklahoma feedlot. (USDA photo by Alice Welch)

Is Trump’s USDA Ready to Address Climate Change?

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02.14.20

Grass & Bone's butcher, James Wayman, working in the kitchen.

The Growing Trend of Dining at Your Neighborhood Butcher Shops

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02.13.20