Spotlight On an Urban Farm Helping Refugees and Immigrants Build Community
San Diego’s MAKE Farm is the launch pad to a fresh start for dozens of women each year.
Top 10 Farming Redefined Stories of 2024
Readers this year couldn't get enough of innovative ranchers, family farm dynamics, and examining factory farms.
With extreme heat making it perilous to work during the day, farmers and fisherfolk worldwide are adopting overnight hours. That comes with new dangers.
The Financials of Profitable Small-Scale Farming
From getting on YouTube to working in your neighbor’s yard, there are some creative ways to make money as a small farm.
Transfarmation: The Movement to Free Us From Factory Farming
Read an excerpt from Leah Garcés’ new book.
Faces of the Farm Bill: Calvin Head
Through this as-told-to conversation, Calvin Head, a farmer and director of Milestone Cooperative Association in Mississippi, explains how the impending Farm Bill has affected his community in the past, what he hopes it will bring in the future, and what could happen if it falls short.
Through these as-told-to conversations, people from an array of cultures working in food justice explain how the impending Farm Bill has affected their community in the past, what they hope it will bring in the future, and what could happen if it falls short.
Inside a Slaughterhouse: The Human Cost of Your Meat
It’s dangerous work, both physically and mentally. But it needs to be done. Here’s what it’s really like to work at a meat-processing facility.
Who is Feeding America’s Farmworkers?
In addition to the increasing risk of heat-related illnesses, constant exposure to fertilizers and pesticides, and the ever-present risk of labor exploitation, America's farmworkers face another escalating threat: Hunger.