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Washington state is likely to pass one of the nation’s strongest farmworker overtime laws

04.14.2021
Jessica Fu
Op-ed: We now know Trump’s EPA interfered with science on the destructive herbicide dicamba. It’s time for Biden’s EPA to act.
04.06.2021
by Bill Freese
Billionaire NFL owner quietly buying up thousands of acres of Illinois farmland
04.05.2021
by Marissa Plescia + Dylan Tiger
Why combining farms and solar panels could transform how we produce both food and energy
03.30.2021
by Chris Malloy
Climate change has direct negative impacts on farmworker health
03.30.2021
by Lela Nargi
The egg industry grapples with a grim practice: chick culling
03.25.2021
by Jonathan Moens
No more “boutique” restaurant crops: This spring, cautious farmers are planting the basics
03.25.2021
by Lela Nargi
Factory farming regulations have all but vanished in Missouri. One rural county is fighting back.
03.23.2021
by Mallory Daily, for the Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting
The House approved a pathway to citizenship for farm workers. Why do some farm workers oppose it?
03.23.2021
by Jessica Fu
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