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Agriculture
April 26, 2018
Sarah Jones
The USDA Goes Hog Wild
A new proposal could take American slaughter factories back to the days of "The Jungle."
March 14, 2018
Erik Loomis
How Trade Deals and Immigration Laws Hurt Workers—Mexican Workers
Much has been made of the very real woes of American workers. But Mexicans are trapped in an especially brutal cycle of dependence and exile.
January 4, 2018
Emily Atkin
The Republican Threat to Food Stamps in 2018
Paul Ryan wants to tackle entitlement reform this year, and America's largest anti-hunger program is a top target.
May 26, 2017
Casey N. Cep
Southern History, Deep Fried
John T. Edge's "The Potlikker Papers" looks at multiculturalism, conflict, and civil rights in the American South—all through the history of the region's food.
February 14, 2017
Daniela Blei
From California, a Progressive Cry for State’s Rights
The birthplace of the modern conservative movement is now the leader of a Trump resistance founded on federalism.
August 19, 2016
Ryan Stoa
Is Big Marijuana Inevitable?
Regulating marijuana like wine could prevent monopolies post-legalization
March 25, 2016
Miguel Altieri
Cuba’s Sustainable Agriculture at Risk After U.S.-Cuba Relations Thaw
How Cuba's farming could become overly industrialized.
January 4, 2016
Jeremy Schulman
How 19 Corporate Giants Plan to Make Money Off the Climate Crisis
January 1, 2016
Raj Patel
What Cuba Can Teach Us About Food and Climate Change
After the Cold War, Cuba faced many of the agricultural challenges that the rest of the world is now anticipating.
December 29, 2015
Tom Philpott
There’s a Place That’s Nearly Perfect for Growing Food. It’s Not California.
August 17, 2015
Ted Genoways
Corn Wars
The farm-by-farm fight between China and the United States to dominate the global food supply
February 5, 2015
Ted Genoways
Whistleblower USDA Food Inspectors on Hormel's Pork Plants: It's "Just Nuts"
February 5, 2015
Christopher Ketcham
Big Cattle, Big Gulp
Cowboys and cows are soaking the American West dry
April 30, 2014
Jason Zengerle
How Barack Obama Sold Out the Kale Crowd
April 19, 2013
Paul Lukas
The Vocabulary of Flesh
Chewing over the meat industry's redefinition of chops and steaks
July 20, 1927
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