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Wages, the workplace, and the hands that feed us.

Covid-19 cases and deaths linked to meatpacking plants were far higher than previously estimated, House subcommittee finds

10.28.2021
H. Claire Brown
New York’s ‘deliveristas’ are at the forefront of cities’ sustainable transportation shake-up
10.22.2021
by Delger Erdenesanaa
GRAPHIC: For family farms, most income comes from far afield
10.20.2021
by Amanda Pérez Pintado, Investigate Midwest/Report for America
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
Co-op restaurants: pipe-dream or practical solution?
10.14.2021
by Matthew Sedacca
USDA study shows working conditions in meatpacking plants likely drove coronavirus outbreaks
10.13.2021
by Amanda Pérez Pintado, Investigate Midwest/Report for America + Madison McVan
First farmworker union forms in New York state
10.12.2021
by Giulia McDonnell Nieto del Rio
The year in staff resignations: Food industry workers recount what drove them to quit en masse
10.06.2021
by H. Claire Brown + Jessica Fu + Matthew Sedacca