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Conservationists see rare nature sanctuaries. Black farmers see a legacy bought out from under them.

10.21.2021
Tony Briscoe, ProPublica + Rashod Taylor
I tried to prove that small family farms are the future. I couldn’t do it.
10.19.2021
by Sarah Mock
In North Carolina, Mountaire poultry workers say an unknown chemical is making them sick
10.18.2021
by Tina Vasquez
USDA flagged multiple fraudulent Covid-19 hunger relief deliveries. Then it paid millions for them anyway.
10.14.2021
by Jessica Fu + H. Claire Brown
Co-op restaurants: pipe-dream or practical solution?
10.14.2021
by Matthew Sedacca
This is what trauma-informed hunger relief looks like
10.01.2021
by Chris Costanzo
Human trafficking has long haunted agriculture. Experts fear it flourished during the pandemic.
09.28.2021
by Amanda Pérez Pintado, Investigate Midwest/Report for America
During the pandemic, employers in the hospitality sector turned to the formerly incarcerated to fill jobs
09.23.2021
by Lela Nargi
NYC set to pass groundbreaking food delivery laws securing workers minimum pay, bathrooms, and more
09.23.2021
by Josefa Velasquez + Claudia Irizarry Aponte, THE CITY
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