‘Every Day You Become More Desperate’

Extreme weather in Central America’s Dry Corridor is forcing farmers to make the hardest decision

Media Partner

A year after Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico’s farmers claw back

Net

India is awash in palm oil, and health takes a hit

The Nation

After a century’s absence, a glimmer of possibility for a native New York salmon

Adirondack Life

What is the farm bill and why does it matter?

Daily Reporting and Analysis on Food, Agriculture and the Environment

Climate change is forcing farmers to migrate from Central America

October 4, 2018

FERN event examines restaurant industry’s #MeToo problem, and what to do about it

By ,  October 2, 2018

Ruth Reichl sees ‘pivotal moment’ ahead for women

By ,  September 24, 2018

A year after Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico’s farmers still struggle

September 24, 2018

FERN event preview: For Ashtin Berry, activism is key to hospitality

By ,  September 20, 2018

NAFTA’s influence on Mexico: an interview with Alyshia Gálvez

By ,  September 16, 2018

At global summit, farming and land ‘central pillars’ in climate solution

By ,  September 16, 2018

Global glut of palm oil adds to India’s health woes

September 16, 2018

Food companies and farmers active at Climate Action Summit

By ,  September 12, 2018

Tentative hope for a native New York salmon run

August 29, 2018

Today’s quick hits, Aug. 27, 2018

August 26, 2018

WWF finds enormous rate of food waste in produce

August 22, 2018

FERN’s Friday Feed: USDA’s attempt to track SNAP fraud goes awry

Drinking problems: A Kansas farm town confronts a tap-water crisis

Harper’s Magazine

How’s organic farming faring in the farm bill?

Net

Editor’s Desk: Summer reading from FERN and its writers

Some food stamp recipients may soon lose access to farmers market benefits

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Washington Post

This little piggy went to market … and everything changed

Arkansas Life

This mine threatens America’s largest wild salmon run

Mother Jones

Toxic oversight

HuffPost

Will high-tech indoor agriculture transform local food?

Edible Brooklyn

Can farming save Puerto Rico’s future?

The Nation

The end of the ‘panda of the sea’

Pacific Standard

A Democrat in farm country hopes to flip a conservative Republican district

Mother Jones
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