Business & Economy

Farm Bill’s Fate Hangs in the Balance as Congress Returns

Seth Millstein / Sentient Media Jan 7, 2025 Here’s what to expect as lawmakers try to hash out a new farm bill. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Politics

The Forebears of JD Vance and the New Right

Olivia Paschal / History News Network Sep 6, 2024 Revisiting the Agrarian-Distributists and their fabrication of an American past. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Health & Wellness

Inside the Meat Industry Campaign to Discourage Plant-Based Diets

Clare Carlile / DeSmog Mar 4, 2024 Meat and dairy groups have paid for advertisements that cast meat-based alternatives as unhealthy, unnatural and ultra processed. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Health & Wellness

How Industrial Agriculture Took Over Our Food System

Hazra Khatoon / Sentient Media Oct 13, 2023 Government-backed factory farming has become a dominant force in the last five decades. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Environment

Factory Farming: How to Fix Our Broken Food System

Reynard Loki / Independent Media Institute Aug 22, 2023 Factory farming, based on the cruel treatment and slaughter of animals, is also destroying the environment. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Business & Economy

The Backlash to Plant-Based Meat Has a Sneaky Explanation

Jessica Scott-Reid / Sentient Media Jul 28, 2023 Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

World

UN Ignores Sustainable Farming While Prioritizing Big Ag

Shalmali Guttal and Sofia Monsalve / Open Democracy Jul 25, 2023 We face a stark choice between corporate-controlled food systems and locally sourced ecological food—and the UN is siding with the former. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Environment

What the 2023 Farm Bill Means for Animals and Farmers

Marlena Williams / Sentient Media Jun 22, 2023 Understanding the Farm Bill, an omnibus piece of legislation that covers everything from crop subsidies to SNAP. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

World

When Neoliberalism Came to the Indian Farm

Tanya Matthan/ Himal May 31, 2023 India's farmers are on the brink—mainly because of neoliberal reforms that have made seeds too expensive and polluted soil and water. Dig deeper ( 16 Min. Read )

Ear to the Ground

Europe’s Breadbasket and the Shock Doctrine

Staff / Truthdig Feb 27, 2023 Will ballooning wartime debt allow agribusiness to make a feast of Ukrainian agriculture? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Environment

A River’s Wrath Comes to Steinbeck Country

Jeremy Miller / High Country News Feb 10, 2023 Trillions of gallons of precipitation turned the Salinas River into a torrent. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Labor

Farmworkers’ Working and Living Conditions Take a Mental Health Toll

Pilar Marrero / Capital & Main Dec 27, 2022 Advocates seek to counter cultural stigma and the harsh effects of COVID-19 with innovative approaches to reaching a vulnerable population. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )