Tyson plant closures left contract chicken farmers with debt and ...
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Report: agriculture runoff is leading cause of water pollution in the …
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Report: Fertilizer responsible for more than 20 percent of total ...
Nov 1, 2021 · As the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) gets underway in Glasgow, a new report finds that synthetic nitrogen fertilizers are responsible for more greenhouse gas …
Hot Farm | Food and Environment Reporting Network
Hot Farm Trailer. By Eve Abrams, March 15, 2022. Over four episodes, Hot Farm from the Food & Environment Reporting Network tells the stories of farmers who are experimenting with ways …
The battle to control America’s ‘most destructive’ species: feral pigs
Mar 26, 2021 · A layer of frost clings to the grass on the morning Anthony DeNicola sets out to check his trap. It’s late January in South Carolina. The sun is rising, the fog is lifting, and the …
USDA deregulates GM wheat, says it is safe to grow in U.S.
Aug 27, 2024 · For the first time, the Agriculture Department approved cultivation of genetically modified wheat in the United States on Tuesday, deregulating a drought- and herbicide …
What needs to change in America’s food system
Apr 29, 2020 · That type of concentration and risk is evident all over our current food system. Our food system also has been unjust by design. We are now able to see that the wellbeing of food …
Growing tobacco in the United States no longer makes sense
Feb 15, 2024 · In March 2003, a North Carolina tobacco farmer named Dwight Watson drove his tractor all the way north to Washington, D.C., parked it in the middle of the pond in an area …
What is the Farm Bill and why does it matter?
By Bridget Huber, June 12, 2018. Every five years or so, Congress takes up a massive piece of legislation known as the farm bill, which covers everything from supporting farmers to ensuring …
Critics say a lack of diversity among nutrition professionals skews ...
Sep 9, 2021 · Our Mission. The Food & Environment Reporting Network is the first independent, non-profit news organization that produces in-depth and investigative journalism in the …