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This Farmworker Collective is Organizing For ‘Milk With Dignity’ and More
Migrant Justice, a Vermont-based, farmworker-led organization, is pushing for fair wages for the workers that underpin the US dairy industry.
Seattle’s Black Farmers Collective Nurtures Communities and Crops
At Small Axe Farm, producers learn how to tend vegetables and grow their businesses.
Meet the Poultry Farmer Teaching Others How to Make Regenerative Farming Add Up
Jeff Siewicki grew and marketed his business after years of trial and error. Now, he’s helping others quit their day job and build a more sustainable food system.
In Fire-Stricken Maui, Sustainable Land Management Is Key
As the smoke clears from Maui’s deadly wildfires, experts point to productive agricultural land as a hedge against future disasters in Hawaii.
Opinion: In American Agriculture, Size Matters
Consolidation is threatening small and midsized farms with extinction. Here’s why that’s a big problem.
The Goldilocks Zone Needed to Keep Strawberry Fields Forever
As the effects of climate change become more pronounced, growers and researchers across North America are racing to keep field strawberries alive and well. Will their efforts be enough to keep consumers supplied with strawberries in the future?
Public awareness of the plight of the European honey bee overlooks thousands of native bees and their contributions to pollination.
‘A Silent Killer’: How Saltwater Intrusion is Overtaking Coastal Farmland in the US
As hurricanes get stronger, storm surges are bringing saltwater to farmland—and leaving salt there once waters evaporate.
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