No Sanctuary in Fire-Stricken California’s Immigrant Communities No Sanctuary in Fire-Stricken California’s Immigrant Communities
Toxic smoke, destroyed homes, and fears of deportation are hitting immigrant communities all at once across Northern California.
Oct 18, 2017 / Michelle Chen
Trump Sides With Big Agriculture Over Family Farmers Trump Sides With Big Agriculture Over Family Farmers
Even some Republicans are upset over this corporate handout.
Oct 18, 2017 / David Dayen
Did Monsanto Ignore Evidence Linking Its Weed Killer to Cancer? Did Monsanto Ignore Evidence Linking Its Weed Killer to Cancer?
This could be the company’s “Big Tobacco” moment.
Oct 12, 2017 / Feature / Rene Ebersole
The Future of Food The Future of Food
How do we build a just, sustainable food system?
Oct 11, 2017 / Feature / Raj Patel, Saru Jayaraman, John W. Boyd Jr., Lindsey Shute, Dana Perls, and Zoë Carpenter
The Grain That Tastes Like Wheat, but Grows Like a Prairie Grass The Grain That Tastes Like Wheat, but Grows Like a Prairie Grass
For 12,000 years, human agriculture has cultivated grains that are replanted every year, at enormous environmental cost. Kernza represents a new way forward.
Oct 11, 2017 / Feature / Madeline Ostrander
Democrats Can Win Rural Voters by Taking on Big Agriculture Democrats Can Win Rural Voters by Taking on Big Agriculture
Identifying the corporate power that holds back farm communities could revive Democratic fortunes.
Aug 16, 2017 / David Dayen
Do You Drink Milk? Read This. Do You Drink Milk? Read This.
Over 60 New York dairy workers have been killed on the job just since 2006.
Jul 27, 2017 / Michelle Chen
How to Protect the Environment Where It’s Worked by Human Hands How to Protect the Environment Where It’s Worked by Human Hands
In Rancher, Farmer, Fisherman, Miriam Horn reminds us what Middle America looks like as a place, not an ideology.
Jun 19, 2017 / Madeline Ostrander
Can Rob Quist’s Full-Throated Populism Win Back Rural America? Can Rob Quist’s Full-Throated Populism Win Back Rural America?
The banjo-playing, cowboy hat-wearing folk singer is battling a tech billionaire—and doing it the Montana way.
May 17, 2017 / Feature / D.D. Guttenplan
Students and Farmworkers Are Teaming Up to Boot Wendy’s Off Their Campuses Students and Farmworkers Are Teaming Up to Boot Wendy’s Off Their Campuses
The effort is part of a national campaign to pressure Wendy’s to improve their labor practices.
Mar 29, 2017 / StudentNation / Molly Minta