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How California Crops Fought Off a Pest Without Using Pesticide

California is the nation’s leading grower of crops in the Brassica family, including broccoli, Brussels... (more)

Dan Nosowitz
February 8, 2021
This Teenager Helped Launch Seed Libraries in Every State

During the pandemic, Alicia Serratos has spent countless hours assembling kits containing organic vegetable, herb... (more)

Jodi Helmer
February 8, 2021
What Makes Wolffia the Fastest Growing Plant in the World?

There’s always something to learn from the world leader, in any category. It depends on... (more)

Dan Nosowitz
February 4, 2021
Cory Booker, Raphael Warnock and Ben Ray Luján Join Senate Ag Committee

The Senate Agriculture Committee is about to get significantly more racially diverse. It isn’t a... (more)

Josh Voorhees
February 3, 2021
OPINION: Don’t Stop at Big Tech—We Need to Bust Big Agriculture, Too

Amid Congressional investigation and federal, state and private antitrust cases, all eyes are on Big... (more)

Rob Larew and Diana Moss
February 3, 2021
Tom Vilsack Cruises Through Nomination Hearing

Former and likely future Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has plenty of critics—among them those who... (more)

Josh Voorhees
February 2, 2021
Congress Is Investigating Meatpacking Plants for COVID-19 Safety Violations

In April of 2020, then-President Donald Trump issued an executive order to keep meatpacking plants... (more)

Dan Nosowitz
February 2, 2021
Why Is India’s Government Pushing a Nationwide Cow Exam?

Last month, the Indian government raised eyebrows when it released the syllabus for a new... (more)

Dan Nosowitz
February 1, 2021
State Department Issues Travel Ban Exemption for South African Farmworkers

In response to an emerging strain of coronavirus that has vaccine-makers scrambling and public-health experts... (more)

Josh Voorhees
January 29, 2021
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