Researchers Say American Rivers Are Getting Sucked Dry by Beef Industry
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A Modern Farmer’s Guide to the 2020 Democratic Primaries
Where the candidates stand on trade, climate, farming and food.
Tyson Issues Fourth Recall of the Year For Having Non-Food Material in Its Chicken
How come stuff keeps ending up in frozen chicken products?
The Leather Industry Is In Real Trouble
Americans keep buying beef—but not leather.
How Did African-American Farmers Lose 90 percent of Their Land?
A combination of obscure legal mechanisms and racist institutions enabled—and continues to enable—developers to weasel it away.
Trump Administration Hits Corn Farmers With Huge Ethanol Waivers
Some refineries won’t have to use ethanol at all—a big problem for farmers.
Farm Bailout Money May Be Disproportionately Helping Rich Farms Get Richer
Changes in the way bailout money has been doled out may benefit the largest.
Impossible Foods’s “Bleeding” Veggie Burger Gets FDA Approval
At long last, you can buy FDA-approved soy leghemoglobin.
It’s a for-profit company that seems willing to take on more risks than other lending institutions.
