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United States, Mexico at Odds Over Mexico’s Ban of Genetically Modified Corn

Anet Aguilar traces her passion for corn back to her grandmother. In the Mexican state... (more)

Madison McVan, Investigate Midwest
March 16, 2023
‘Communities, Not Corporations’: Farmers March for Climate Action in D.C.

Hundreds of farmers and farmworkers gathered in Washington, D.C. this week to demand that Congress... (more)

Marin Scotten
March 10, 2023
Meta Ad Ban Hurts Hemp Entrepreneurs

Sara Day Evans runs an agriculture-based business accelerator, Accelerating Appalachia, which supports dozens of farmers... (more)

Judith Matloff
March 9, 2023
In Rural America, Right-to-Repair Laws are the Leading Edge of a Pushback...

As tractors became more sophisticated over the past two decades, the big manufacturers allowed farmers... (more)

Leland Glenna, The Conversation
February 24, 2023
It’s Possible to Reduce Fertilizer Emissions by 80 Percent Before 2050

Fertilizer. It’s a major contributor of greenhouse gases, accounting for roughly two percent of global... (more)

Lindsay Campbell
February 22, 2023
Farmworkers in Canada Hack Menus, Protest for Better Labor Conditions

In an increasingly urbanized society,  most consumers live detached from the story of their food... (more)

Lindsay Campbell
February 11, 2023
Agricultural Runoff Pollutes Well Water, a ‘Public Health Crisis In the Making’

The water that pours out of the taps at Jeff Broberg’s house is crystal clear,... (more)

Madison McVan, Investigate Midwest
February 2, 2023
Can Interactive Mapping Tools Guide Shellfish Restoration?

Over the 19th and 20th centuries, oyster populations worldwide have been decimated; at least 85... (more)

Bridget Shirvell
January 23, 2023
First Vaccine for Honey Bees Approved by USDA

The US Department of Agriculture has given conditional approval to a vaccine for honey bees,... (more)

Emily Baron Cadloff
January 10, 2023
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