As the Salton Sea shrinks, it leaves behind a toxic reminder of the cost of making a desert bloom

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Here are the rural residents who sued the world’s largest hog producer over waste and odors – and won.

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A breathtaking lack of oversight for air emissions from animal farms

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Are ‘forever chemicals’ in our milk? Nobody really knows.

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Arizona’s water supplies are drying up. How will its farmers survive?

National Geographic

Daily Reporting and Analysis on Food, Agriculture and the Environment

Young farmers face heightened risks from climate change

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In Minnesota, study finds drinking water tainted with nitrates

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As the Salton Sea shrinks, a toxic mess looms

January 13, 2020

Why don’t we know how much livestock farms pollute the air?

December 20, 2019

The rural residents who took on the world’s largest hog producer – and won

December 20, 2019

Lawsuit alleges turkey companies conspired to keep prices high

By ,  December 19, 2019

Booker introduces bill that would reshape livestock farming

By ,  December 16, 2019

Are there ‘forever chemicals’ in the nation’s milk supply?

December 12, 2019

Majority want more oversight of CAFOs, poll finds

By ,  December 10, 2019

Quick hits, Nov. 26, 2019

November 26, 2019

Q&A: Jennifer E. Gaddis on school food, feminism and worker rights

By ,  November 24, 2019

A battle brews in rural Wisconsin over factory farms

By ,  November 19, 2019

FERN’s Friday Feed: The plot to profit from a bee-killing pesticide

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Food scholarships. Homeless shelters. Emergency loans.

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The strange, uncertain fate of Alaska’s biggest wild salmon habitat

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Today’s special: Grilled salmon laced with plastic

Mother Jones

For years, complaints about North Carolina’s hog pollution vanished in state bureaucracy

The Guardian

Down on the smart farm

EatingWell

Is the U.S. chicken industry cheating its farmers?

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One man is trying to save the world from climate change by mobilizing an unlikely team: Iowa’s farmers

Mother Jones

As oceans heat up, the types of seafood we eat will change

EatingWell

The Loophole: How American forests fuel the EU’s appetite for ‘green’ energy

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