America’s dairyland may have a PFAS problem
First, there was Fred Stone, the third-generation dairy farmer in Maine who discovered that the milk from his cows contained harmful chemicals. Then...
5.4 million have lost their health insurance amid pandemic
“We have got to work together to make sure that anyone in America who is sick—regardless of their income or immigration status—can seek the medical treatment they need during this national emergency.”
Pandemic recovery will take more than soaring growth – to fuel a more equitable...
Countries seeking to explicitly counteract the negative effects of the pandemic need a good compass to guide their recovery plan. And that won’t be GDP.
Probe shows Big Pharma ‘manipulated’ patent system and ‘raised prices with abandon’
"The evidence overwhelmingly supports the need to pass the Build Back Better Act."
Did a DAPL security worker wielding an AR-15 rifle try to infiltrate native water...
A Standing Rock Sioux tribal member says he saw the man driving down Highway 1806 toward the main resistance camp with an AR-15 rifle on the passenger side of his truck.
Wall Street plowboys
Adding to the inequality that has affected so many farmworkers is the fact that Wall Street has our nation's farmland.
We have the money to fix our food system
Imagine supporting farmers markets, child nutrition, and local agriculture with money we spend on factory farms.
For some Indigenous, COVID presents possibility of cultural extinction, says Myrna Cunningham
For Indigenous peoples, actions must be collective, not only individual.
12 farmworkers poisoned by toxic pesticide only one month after EPA denies ban
Chlorpyrifos originates from a nerve gas developed by Nazi Germany.
Monsanto giving cash to farmers who use controversial pesticide
Meanwhile, regulators in North Dakota, Missouri and Arkansas are taking steps to set restrictions on dicamba-based herbicides.