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Black Farmers in Arkansas Still Seek Justice a Century After the Elaine Massacre

By Wesley Brown

July 27, 2022

The long shadow of systemic racism continues to harm generations of Black agricultural communities that face entrenched economic obstacles to success.

From Farmland to Frac Sand

July 19, 2022

$An overhead view of US Silica's frac sand mine in La Salle County, Illinois. This mine is in front of Diane and Phil Gassman's home. (Photo courtesy of Ted Auch)$

Venison Was An Important Protein Source for Food Banks. Now It May Be Too Dangerous to Eat.

June 21, 2022

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US Farmland Increasingly Controlled by Foreign Investment

By Johnathan Hettinger, Investigate Midwest

April 22, 2022

On the Rural Immigrant Experience: ‘We Come With a Culture, Our Own History, and We’re Here to Help’

By Naomi Starkman

April 14, 2022

As Dollar Stores Proliferate, Some Communities Push Back

By Wesley Brown

April 13, 2022

Lays potato chips are displayed at a Dollar General store in Vallejo, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

What Will the Rise of Giant Indoor Farms Mean for Appalachian Kentucky?

By Twilight Greenaway

April 6, 2022

An Appharvest employee harvesting tomatoes in Morehead, Kentucky. (Photo courtesy of Appharvest)

Can Nature Reclaim Iowa?

By Stephen Robert Miller, Sierra Magazine

March 25, 2022

Scenic view of an agriculture field against prairie in Madison County Iowa

‘Right to Repair’ Advocates Petition the FTC to Investigate John Deere

March 3, 2022

A Woman is trying to repair her John Deere tractor

Op-ed: What I Learned from White Oak Pastures—and What Other Farms Can, Too

By Beth Hoffman

February 24, 2022

Bulls and sheep grazing near a creek at Will Harris's regenerative farm, White Oak Pastures.

Op-ed: The New York Times Took on the Food System. Here’s What They Missed.

By Sophia Murphy and Ben Lilliston

February 17, 2022

a screenshot from the new york times video about big ag and farm consolidation

Can Farmers Help Each Other Navigate Mental Health Crises?

February 1, 2022

Rear view of a couple working in the field of a family owned farm. They are walking along the rows, separated by a row of vegetable plants, looking at each other and conversing. He is a mature man in his 40s. She is an Hispanic woman in her 30s.

Black Farmers Are Rebuilding Agriculture in Coal Country

By Natalie Peart, YES! Magazine

January 24, 2022

Veteran Farmers Jason Tartt and Sky Edwards inside one of the high tunnels they procured with the help of USDA NRCS. (Photo credit: Rebecca Haddix, USDA)

A Return to Native Agriculture

By Anna McNulty, & the West

January 21, 2022

A tribal bison herd moving to their summer pasture in northern Montana. Bison were reintroduced to the Blackfeet Nation starting in the 1990s. (Photo credit: Latrice Tatsey)

The Field Report: Can Lawsuits Right Historic Wrongs for Black Farmers?

January 19, 2022

A National Black Farmers Association protest in front of the USDA office in 2002.

Farmworkers Bear the Brunt of California’s Housing Crisis

By Gosia Wozniacka

January 18, 2022

FRESNO, CALIFORNIA - MAY 17: Lourdes Cardenas, a farm worker originally from Culiacán, Mexico, tends to recently washed clothes on May 17, 2021 in Fresno, California. Cardenas has been a farm worker for 18 years after coming to the U.S. from Culiacán, Mexico. The clothing worn for work are washed daily due to the pesticides used in the farms. Since November 2019, there have been three bills introduced in Congress that would give undocumented food and farm workers as well as unauthorized immigrants, a path to citizenship or legal residency status. The Farm Workforce Modernization Act, which was passed by the House of Representatives in March with bipartisan support after first being introduced in November 2019, would give undocumented farm workers a path to legal residency and protection against detention and deportation. The passage of the bill comes after months of negotiations between members of both parties, United Farm Workers, UFW Foundation, Farmworker Justice, and various national growers organizations. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Beginning Farmers, Farmers of Color Outbid as Farmland Prices Soar

January 3, 2022

Betting Hundreds of Millions of Dollars on the Cattle Market and Losing

By Lee Van der Voo, High Country News

December 16, 2021

illustration of beef cattle and financial figures

Delta Fresh Foods Is Bringing Food Security to Northern Mississippi

By Nadra Nittle

October 27, 2021

picking lettuce in mississippi as part of delta fresh foods work

Climate Anxiety Takes a Growing Toll on Farmers

By Gosia Wozniacka

October 5, 2021

Female organic farmer standing in field on foggy fall morning harvesting squash

‘Fruits of Labor’ Provides an Intimate Look at the Life of a Teenage Farmworker

October 4, 2021

Ashley Pavon, a Mexican-American teenager in California and the subject of

Tourism vs. CAFOs: A New Front in the Fight Against Industrial Animal Ag

By Mallory Daily

September 28, 2021

Skull Bluff, a natural landmark on the Buffalo River in northwest Arkansas. (Photo credit: Mallory Daily)

The End of Pandemic Safety-Net Programs May Cause Rural Food Insecurity to Rise

By Liz Carey, The Daily Yonder

August 30, 2021

South Portland Food Cupboard is one of the food pantries operated by the Good Shepard Food Bank in Maine. The Pantry is led by a team of over 130 volunteers who pick up donations, stock shelves and serve clients. (Photo credit: Good Shepherd Food Bank via Facebook)

Meet the Black Women Driving New Ag Policy

By Nadra Nittle

August 24, 2021

Black women farmer-politicians. From left: Kim Jackson of Georgia, Sonya Harper of Illinois, and Juanita Brent of Ohio.

Hybrid Rye is Helping Farmers Fight ‘Superweeds’ Without Herbicide

By Brian DeVore

August 10, 2021

Farmer Tom Franzen talks about the way hybrid rye competes with giant ragweed during a 2016 farm tour. (Photo by Brian DeVore)