Farming

Kids eating school lunch

Thanks to These Activists, in New Mexico Schools There Is Such a Thing as a Free Lunch Thanks to These Activists, in New Mexico Schools There Is Such a Thing as a Free Lunch

Universal free school meals are a popular and effective way to help kids remain engaged in learning and boost local agriculture. Why does it take such a fight to make them policy?...

Jun 26, 2024 / Nora De La Cour

Why the Health of Tens of Millions Depends on the US-Mexico Tortilla War

Why the Health of Tens of Millions Depends on the US-Mexico Tortilla War Why the Health of Tens of Millions Depends on the US-Mexico Tortilla War

A trade dispute between Mexico City and Washington puts a spotlight on food sovereignty, GMOs, glyphosate, and the fate of Mexico’s iconic white-corn flatbread.

May 28, 2024 / Alexander Zaitchik

UFW President Teresa Romero and marchers at the beginning of the 22-day march to Sacramento to win the card check bill.

Big Ag’s Latest Blow to Workers' Rights Big Ag’s Latest Blow to Workers' Rights

May 1, 2024 Big Ag’s Latest Blow to Workers’ Rights Will California’s new farmworker labor law survive this assault by the not-so-wonderful Wonderful Company? David Bacon Sha…

May 1, 2024 / David Bacon

Sarah Lloyd works on her farm in Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin

Here’s What a 21st-Century Rural New Deal Looks Like Here’s What a 21st-Century Rural New Deal Looks Like

A strategy for building a rural-urban working-class coalition.

Apr 23, 2024 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Only a Social Movement Can Win Real Immigration Reform

Only a Social Movement Can Win Real Immigration Reform Only a Social Movement Can Win Real Immigration Reform

Activists marched for three days straight, demanding that Congress finally change the immigration registry date.

Sep 1, 2023 / Photo Essay / David Bacon

Bernard Winn speaking

Jubilee Justice Regenerative Farming: Tackling Racism With Rice Jubilee Justice Regenerative Farming: Tackling Racism With Rice

Out of the soil of rural Louisiana, a new model for food, farming, and restorative economics.

Jul 17, 2023 / Laura Flanders

Kalpana Solankar, 46, a farm worker from Arjunwad village, carries a heavy load of fodder on her head.

In India, It’s Getting Too Hot to Farm In India, It’s Getting Too Hot to Farm

Heat waves are pushing agricultural workers across a wide swath of India to the edge of survival.

Jul 4, 2023 / Sanket Jain

A Wave of Evictions Is Devastating California’s Farmworkers

A Wave of Evictions Is Devastating California’s Farmworkers A Wave of Evictions Is Devastating California’s Farmworkers

As growers bring in more H-2A workers, affordable housing for local farmworkers has become sparse in the region's labor camps.

Apr 12, 2023 / Multimedia / David Bacon

The Dartmouth Organic Farm

Do University Farms Truly Teach Sustainability? Do University Farms Truly Teach Sustainability?

The number of student food gardens has risen dramatically at prestigious urban and suburban colleges, but these campus farms should be wary of overstating their impact.

Mar 20, 2023 / StudentNation / Rachel Brooks

Workers pack mangoes into boxes at a factory in Tapachula

How US Policy Has Trapped Migrant Workers in an “Open-Air Prison” in Mexico How US Policy Has Trapped Migrant Workers in an “Open-Air Prison” in Mexico

Thanks to US border restrictions, thousands of migrants are stuck indefinitely in Chiapas, harvesting the fruits that Americans can’t get enough of.

Mar 20, 2023 / Feature / Esther Honig

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