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How food is shaping American communities, from coast to coast and everywhere in between.

Foreign ownership of U.S. farmland is growing. A Missouri lawmaker wants to ban it in the state.

03.03.2021
Joe Fassler
Funders want to help ensure Native food sovereignty. Many in those communities want philanthropy to do better.
03.01.2021
by Marilyn Noble
Information on factory farms is spotty at best. The government has been blocked from doing more.
02.26.2021
by Madison McVan
How new technology is helping to identify human rights abuses in the seafood industry
02.25.2021
by Virginia Gewin
Once destined for raw bars, 5 million oysters are being rerouted to coastal restoration efforts
02.23.2021
by Lela Nargi
Is giving our drinking water legal personhood the best way to protect it?
02.16.2021
by Sam Bloch
After years of struggle, New York’s street food vendors win long-sought reforms
01.28.2021
by Sam Bloch
New Oregon legislation would put a moratorium on building mega-dairies. What happens next?
01.21.2021
by H. Claire Brown
In a year without holiday gatherings, I found remnants of home in New York City’s Chinatown neighborhoods
12.24.2020
by Vicky Gu
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