If There Are No New Farmers, Who Will Grow Our Food?
Programs across the country are trying to make it easier for new farmers to get started and put down roots. Here's why: There's only one farmer under 35 for every six over 65. By 2030, one-quarter of America's current farmers will retire.
Study finds connection between living near oil and gas development and childhood leukemia
Fracking and horizontal drilling have enabled oil and gas development to encroach more and more into places where people live.
Organic farms are under attack from agribusiness, weakened standards
For agrarian justice, family-scale organic farms deserve our support.
President Obama admits ‘legitimate concerns’ in GMO debate
“If it turns out that some of these genetically modified foods aren’t healthier, aren’t more productive and use more pesticides then we should follow the science.”
US postpartum mortality rate 395 percent higher than other wealthy countries
The findings show that, despite improvements since the pandemic, the U.S. maternal mortality rate remains alarmingly high, with significant disparities affecting Black women.
Latest CDC data exposes U.S. healthcare’s fatal flaw: Profit over patients
As new CDC data lays bare, the U.S. grapples with a healthcare paradox: towering costs yet shorter lifespans. Explore how America's for-profit model is failing its people, spotlighting the urgent plea for Medicare for All.
Native nations gather in DC for 4-day protest against Trump, DAPL
The Dakota Access pipeline demonstration continues to inspire other pipeline fights around the country.
2020 Democratic presidential candidates want to break up big agriculture monopolies
The trend of consolidation in agribusiness is wiping out small farmers and influencing the food choices made to consumers.
Voices From the Front Lines of the Flint Water Crisis
Two parallel investigations, state and federal, are underway in an attempt to determine if any crimes have been committed.
To understand the danger of COVID-19 outbreaks in meatpacking plants, look at the industry’s...
This industry has evolved since the mid-20th century in ways that make it hard for workers to advocate for safe conditions even in good times, let alone during a pandemic.