Food + Business
Happy Hollow Farm had a difficult time selling their food to restaurants and a local grocery store during the pandemic, but saw a huge demand in selling online and through their CSA. October 2021
GRAPHIC: For family farms, most income comes from far afield
Happy Hollow Farm had a difficult time selling their food to restaurants and a local grocery store during the pandemic, but saw a huge demand in selling online and through their CSA. October 2021
10.20.2021
by Amanda Pérez Pintado, Investigate Midwest/Report for America
Staff at Phoenix Coffee Company stand in front of the storefront wearing masks and socially distanced. October 2021
Co-op restaurants: pipe-dream or practical solution?
Staff at Phoenix Coffee Company stand in front of the storefront wearing masks and socially distanced. October 2021
10.14.2021
by Matthew Sedacca
The Iowa Farm Bureau building in West Des Moines, Iowa, on Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021. October 2021
The Iowa Farm Bureau is a small nonprofit. It’s sitting on a huge business empire.
The Iowa Farm Bureau building in West Des Moines, Iowa, on Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021. October 2021
10.11.2021
by Sky Chadde + Eli Hoff + Mark Ossolinski
McDonald's employees protest outside their workplace on April 9, 2021 in Los Angeles, to demand an end to what they consider workplace harassment, discrimination and retaliation, despite numerous attempts to reach a resolution with the franchise owners. September 2021
The year in staff resignations: Food industry workers recount what drove them to quit en masse
McDonald's employees protest outside their workplace on April 9, 2021 in Los Angeles, to demand an end to what they consider workplace harassment, discrimination and retaliation, despite numerous attempts to reach a resolution with the franchise owners. September 2021
10.06.2021
by H. Claire Brown + Jessica Fu + Matthew Sedacca
Kimbal Musk, brother of Elon Musk, teaches students at Eucalyptus Elementary School to plant a vegetable garden in preparation for Plant a Seed Day in Hawthorne, California on March 13, 2019.
Kimbal Musk’s school gardening nonprofit lays off entire unionizing workforce
Kimbal Musk, brother of Elon Musk, teaches students at Eucalyptus Elementary School to plant a vegetable garden in preparation for Plant a Seed Day in Hawthorne, California on March 13, 2019.
09.30.2021
by H. Claire Brown
A grocery store shelf with refrigerated beef. September 2021
GRAPHIC: Meat prices increasing faster than other goods, government data shows
A grocery store shelf with refrigerated beef. September 2021
09.24.2021
by Madison McVan
HOPES youth justice involved pizza making. September 2021
During the pandemic, employers in the hospitality sector turned to the formerly incarcerated to fill jobs
HOPES youth justice involved pizza making. September 2021
09.23.2021
by Lela Nargi
Corn harvest begins on the Ken Dalenberg farm north of Mansfield, IL on Monday, September 13, 2021.
GRAPHIC: Corn and soybean production could approach record highs this year
Corn harvest begins on the Ken Dalenberg farm north of Mansfield, IL on Monday, September 13, 2021.
09.17.2021
by Ignacio Calderon, USA TODAY Network Agriculture Data Fellow, Investigate Midwest
Andrew Geiser pets his pigs on Friday, March 19, 2021, in Chillicothe, Mo.
As labor pool shrinks, Illinois farmers turn to foreign workers
Andrew Geiser pets his pigs on Friday, March 19, 2021, in Chillicothe, Mo.
09.13.2021
by Amanda Pérez Pintado, Investigate Midwest/Report for America