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A farmworker labors in a field on August 11th, 2004, near the town of Arvin, California.

Economics

Trump’s Lack of Regulation May Make Some Farmers Very Rich

If the farm bill isn't renewed, the U.S. government will wind up paying farmers a pretty penny. But renewing the bill conflicts with President Trump's executive order for agency deregulation. What's Congress to do?

Rita Florez

Environment

Where the Bees Live

A White House task force calls for preserving bee habitat—but where are all the bees hanging out, and what are their living arrangements?

Nathan Collins

Environment

What’s the Difference Between Antibiotic-Free and GMO-Free?

Only one movement has science to back it.

Francie Diep

Economics

Trekking Through a Food Desert Surrounded by Farmland

Millions have been spent on initiatives to eliminate food deserts, which are thought to contribute to the increasing incidence of diabetes and obesity in low-income areas. How are disadvantaged people faring in the middle of California, one of the nation's prime agricultural states?

Maria Bustillos

Environment

Pig Sex Is Becoming a Thing of the Past

Artificial insemination is much more efficient.

Sujata Gupta

Environment

Humanely Raised Pork?

Buying a pig born to a humanely raised mama is harder than you’d think.

Sujata Gupta

Economics

Building a Better Pig

How have the farm animals of today been shaped by centuries of domestication and selective breeding? Sujata Gupta investigates.

Sujata Gupta

Environment

The Healthy Benefits of a Stressed Out Plant

The biological principle of xenohormesis suggests that organic farming advocates might very well be pampering their plants into nutritional laziness.

James McWilliams

Social Justice

When It Comes to Animal Farms, Sometimes Size Doesn’t Matter

It’s frighteningly common for those who cover food issues to assume that smaller farms are safer farms. They may be happier, but they’re not necessarily healthier, as the recent spread of a devastating disease shows.

James McWilliams