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The invisible hand of the market, made visible.

Your tariff threat crib notes: Soybeans. Corn. Pork.

04.05.2018
Kate Cox + Joe Fassler
The Red Delicious is an apple atrocity. Why are we growing billions of pounds of them each year?
03.13.2018
by Tove Danovich
Colorado lawmakers want to make American beef COOL again
01.18.2018
by Sam Bloch
Three chicken producers that control 90 percent of the market are accused of price-fixing—again
01.18.2018
by Kate Cox
The strange story of turkey tails speaks volumes about our globalized food system
11.14.2017
by Michael Carolan
Sorry for giving you corn syrup, Canada
07.13.2017
by Jesse Hirsch
Bumble Bee pleads guilty to conspiracy following other tragic tuna tales
05.09.2017
by Kate Cox
How bad is the Brazilian meat scandal for U.S. churrasco lovers? It’s complicated
03.21.2017
by Kate Cox + H. Claire Brown
While demand soars, less than 1 percent of U.S. farmland is certified organic. So why don’t farmers switch?
02.28.2017
by Joe Fassler
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