Top 10 Food Equity Stories of 2024
Readers were fascinated this year with stories on butter avocados, microgreens, and what it means to eat meat today.
Top 10 Conscious Consumption Stories of 2024
Readers this year loved stories on cutting food waste, the truth about biogas, and dealing with plastic.
In Eastern North Carolina, Community Science Aims to Fill an Air Quality Gap
In a part of the state where millions of hogs pollute the air, residents will be measuring the impact.
The Transition Away From Factory Farming
A Q&A with author Leah Garcés about her new book, Transfarmation: The Movement to Free Us from Factory Farming.
Transfarmation: The Movement to Free Us From Factory Farming
Read an excerpt from Leah Garcés’ new book.
Rural Drinking Water Has a Nitrate Problem
But the consolidation of the sector makes it increasingly hard for organizers to push for drinking water regulation. According to experts, local actions need to be paired with more federal regulation to properly address the drinking water nitrate pollution.
Your Dog’s Food Probably Comes From a Factory Farm. Meet Some Folks Who Want to Change That
The pet food industry traditionally relies on factory farm byproducts for its ingredients, a practice the industry touts as more sustainable as it produces less waste and cheaper food. But dog owners distrust this mysterious supply chain.
Farmers Fought a Factory Farm and Won
Across the country, factory farms have led to extreme water and air pollution that cause environmental and health problems and harm the communities they enter. Graphic Journalist Nhatt Nichols takes us to Oregon, where local farmers are fighting back and winning...for now.
Opinion: Farm Forward’s Investigation Into Alexandre Farms and the Greenwashing of Large-scale Dairy
A Farm Forward investigation has uncovered ongoing and systematic animal abuse at one of the nation’s leading organic, certified humane, and “regenerative” dairy, Alexandre Family Farm.