The farmworkers in California’s fire zones

When wildfires force thousands of Californians to evacuate, a little-known 'ag pass' program lets employers keep farmworkers on the job.

Media Partner

Europe’s butterflies are vanishing as small farms disappear

National Geographic

Brazil’s Amazon beef plan will ‘legalize deforestation’ say critics

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The Guardian

One Alaska bay is booming with salmon, for now

The Atlantic

Facing a merger and a pay cut, chicken farmers push back

The Capitol Forum

Daily Reporting and Analysis on Food, Agriculture and the Environment

Bill would add protections for meatpacking workers, target industry’s monopolistic practices

By ,  December 2, 2021

Military spending bill could help ease hunger among service members

By ,  December 1, 2021

FTC probes grocery and meat supply chain and spiking prices

By ,  November 30, 2021

The farmworkers in California’s fire evacuation zones

November 23, 2021

Europe’s butterflies are vanishing along with small farms

November 18, 2021

Brazil’s Amazon beef plan will ‘legalize deforestation’

November 17, 2021

California studies what a carbon-neutral future means for its lands

By ,  November 15, 2021

U.S. let in record 317,000 agricultural guestworkers

By ,  November 9, 2021

A court decision may help endangered orcas, but Alaskan fishermen are wary

By ,  November 7, 2021

Report: Governments must ‘drastically improve’ efforts to reduce emissions in food, land-use systems 

By ,  November 4, 2021

Opinion: Unlike the U.S., Europe is setting ambitious targets for producing more organic food

By ,  November 4, 2021

Report: Fertilizer responsible for more than 20 percent of total agricultural emissions

By ,  November 1, 2021

Back Forty: A crash course in California water politics

Editor’s Desk: Agroforestry vs. ranching in the Amazon

Back Forty: Talking indigenous foodways with Gather director Sanjay Rawal

Farming boom threatens Biden’s climate and conservation ambitions

National Geographic

Can fashion help small farmers preserve the Amazon?

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The New Republic

Can rock dust be a climate fix for agriculture?

Yale Environment 360

Has the American truffle finally broken through?

Smithsonian Magazine

USDA wants to make farms climate-friendly. Will it work?

The American Prospect

This farm relies on birds — not pesticides — to control pests

California Report

In the Amazon, farming the forest to save the forest

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National Geographic

The people who deliver your food are hungry

Mother Jones

Farmworkers face a life-and-death commute to Arizona’s lettuce fields

The Nation
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