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Protesters outside the Starbucks's Seattle headquarters. February 2022
Starbucks union vote count in Arizona postponed, ballots impounded
Protesters outside the Starbucks's Seattle headquarters. February 2022
02.16.2022
by Matthew Sedacca + Jessica Fu
Chickens raised at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in crowded lighted room with one in front trying to eat from a tube February 2022.
GRAPHIC: Production contracts, a Biden administration target, have a huge foothold in the livestock industry
Chickens raised at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in crowded lighted room with one in front trying to eat from a tube February 2022.
02.16.2022
by Madison McVan
A pig made up of soybean plants is cut in half and explodes into little circles, halal, and kosher labels while on a conveyor belt and plastered on label texture February 2022.
Is it impossible to certify Impossible Pork as kosher or halal?
A pig made up of soybean plants is cut in half and explodes into little circles, halal, and kosher labels while on a conveyor belt and plastered on label texture February 2022.
02.15.2022
by Jonah Goldman Kay
The JBS meatpacking facility on Saturday, April 18, 2020 in Greeley, CO. February 2022
JBS agrees to pay beef wholesalers $52.5 million in latest price-fixing settlement
The JBS meatpacking facility on Saturday, April 18, 2020 in Greeley, CO. February 2022
02.04.2022
by Matthew Sedacca
Marijuana grows in greenhouse in black pots. February 2022
After a prolonged wait, Florida is set to issue a medical marijuana growing license to a single Black farmer
Marijuana grows in greenhouse in black pots. February 2022
02.03.2022
by Safiya Charles
Black pig lying in straw with golden sunlight on eye and face investigate midwest January 2022.
GRAPHIC: Despite COVID-19 closings and slowdowns, pork production was higher in 2020 than the year before
Black pig lying in straw with golden sunlight on eye and face investigate midwest January 2022.
02.03.2022
by Sky Chadde
Market on the Hill in Mt. Pulaski, IL with blue awning and sidewalk January 2022.
“When a grocery store closes up and it’s your last one, you feel it immediately.”
Market on the Hill in Mt. Pulaski, IL with blue awning and sidewalk January 2022.
02.02.2022
by Amanda Pérez Pintado, Investigate Midwest/Report for America
A group of cattle with a brown one in the center. January 2022
GRAPHIC: Large family farms produced most beef, hogs, and dairy in 2020
A group of cattle with a brown one in the center. January 2022
01.27.2022
by Sky Chadde
Rural road on textured paper goes into the distance with blue lens flares on sides and reaches an old restaurant with georgia map in the background January 2021.
The place where everybody knows your name: Georgia’s rural restaurants offer old-school hospitality and try not to think too hard about the future
Rural road on textured paper goes into the distance with blue lens flares on sides and reaches an old restaurant with georgia map in the background January 2021.
01.27.2022
by Allison Salerno
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