The Immokalee Way: Protecting Farmworkers Amid a Pandemic The Immokalee Way: Protecting Farmworkers Amid a Pandemic
While some companies do everything to escape accountability, the Fair Food Program proves there’s an alternative.
Sep 14, 2020 / John Bowe
How Covid-19 Is Changing the Way We Work How Covid-19 Is Changing the Way We Work
The coronavirus pandemic has exposed deep and unexamined assumptions about the nature and value of work in the United States.
Jul 24, 2020 / no-paywall / Rebecca Gordon
The Lunacy of Global Seafood Supply Chains The Lunacy of Global Seafood Supply Chains
Scenes from a pandemic: 8
May 20, 2020 / no-paywall / Jennifer C. Berkshire
Without Farmworkers You Wouldn’t Eat Without Farmworkers You Wouldn’t Eat
But stimulus packages aren’t providing the necessary support for them to do their jobs safely.
Apr 27, 2020 / no-paywall / Jim Goodman
‘We Were Asking Ourselves, How Can We Support Black Farmers?’ ‘We Were Asking Ourselves, How Can We Support Black Farmers?’
Scenes from a pandemic: 4
Apr 22, 2020 / no-paywall / Cynthia Greenlee
Rural America Doesn’t Have to Starve to Death Rural America Doesn’t Have to Starve to Death
A predatory and extractive financial sector has hollowed out communities across the US.
Feb 18, 2020 / Feature / Nick Shaxson
Trump Doesn’t Hate Welfare When It Goes to Wealthy White Farmers Trump Doesn’t Hate Welfare When It Goes to Wealthy White Farmers
The president’s farm aid lays bare the racial and class implications of his disdain of government assistance.
Feb 14, 2020 / Editorial / Bryce Covert
The Stink and Injustice of Life Next to an Industrial Hog Farm The Stink and Injustice of Life Next to an Industrial Hog Farm
Will the world’s leading pork producer be held responsible for making life unbearable in rural Southern communities?
Dec 20, 2019 / Feature / Barry Yeoman
The Breathtaking Lack of Oversight for Air Emissions From Animal Farms The Breathtaking Lack of Oversight for Air Emissions From Animal Farms
We know livestock farms pollute the air—so why don’t we know how much?
Dec 20, 2019 / Leah Douglas
Coffee Prices Have Collapsed, Threatening the Livelihood of Millions Across the Global South Coffee Prices Have Collapsed, Threatening the Livelihood of Millions Across the Global South
Why aren’t big importers like Starbucks doing something to help the small farmers and workers who are the backbone of their multibillion-dollar businesses?
Oct 25, 2019 / James North