What pesticide monitoring misses

A new ‘dirty dozen' list is a reminder that the real risks from chemicals in our food—for farmworkers and children, in particular—are being ignored

Media Partner

As coastal flooding surges, ‘living shorelines’ seen as the answer

Scientific American

An invasive, elusive 20-pound rodent threatens California agriculture

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California Report

Is the egg toast?

New Food Economy

Sea cucumbers are being eaten to death

National Geographic

Daily Reporting and Analysis on Food, Agriculture and the Environment

In Iowa, ag-gag is reborn. What does that mean for other states?

By ,  March 19, 2019

‘Living shorelines’ the best defense against storms

March 19, 2019

After Nebraska governor steps in, community board OKs a Costco-linked CAFO

By ,  March 6, 2019

A new buyout path for mission-driven businesses

By ,  March 5, 2019

New market planned to pay farmers for soil carbon, water quality

By ,  March 5, 2019

Reporting on rural America: Pamela Dempsey talks about what’s missing.

By ,  March 4, 2019

Four reasons to check out FERN’s SXSW panel on Big Food

By ,  February 27, 2019

Organic food is booming. So why are organic grains lagging behind?

By ,  February 26, 2019

How to report on rural America: A conversation with Ken Ward, Jr.

By ,  February 25, 2019

One counselor’s lonely struggle against farm country’s mental health crisis

By ,  February 21, 2019

Arkansas approves expanded dicamba use, dismissing scientific and public concerns

By ,  February 21, 2019

Q&A with Monica White: Black farmers’ role in the struggle for civil rights

By ,  February 18, 2019

Editor’s Desk: From coastlines to strawberry fields

FERN’s Friday Feed: A moonshine boom

A lifeline for SNAP payments at farmers’ markets

Washington Post

Bees face yet another lethal threat in dicamba, a drift-prone weedkiller

Reveal

Where beef is more than dinner

California Report

Dawn of the slow chicken?

EatingWell

SPOTLIGHT 2019: Stories to watch in food and agriculture

How Oakland became a leader in cutting school food waste

Grist

The air they breathe

Mother Jones

Scientists warned this weedkiller would destroy crops. EPA approved it anyway.

Reveal

Editor’s Desk: How the EPA ignored science

‘Every Day You Become More Desperate’

Weather.com
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