Last month, the EPA passed its first-ever legally enforceable drinking water standards on a handful of PFAS—a group of ...
In previous coverage, we’ve told you about PFAS—per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances that don’t readily break down and can ...
Of 400 farms in our county, only five are organic,” says Matt Fitzgerald of Fitzgerald Organics in Hutchinson, Minnesota. His ...
Despite the name, the Farm Bill doesn’t only affect farmers. If you eat food, the Farm Bill impacts you. It has huge ...
Twenty-eight million people have watched Joshua Westerfeld shovel wheat. The most popular video on his TikTok account, pinned to the top of his page, ...
Cities may not compost your dog poop yet, but you can start now. Around 6.5 million tons of [mostly] plastic-wrapped dog poop winds up in landfills in the United States every year. As most cities see ...
Mark Shepard didn’t set out to be a farmer, let alone a visionary one. Yet, three decades after securing his first piece of ...
We are crouched on our hands and knees, ripping out lettuce at Andrew’s Farm in Gardiner, Maine, where I work. “Some of them ...
Factory farming is exploitative of farmers. Here’s how some producers have transitioned out of contract farming with the help of organizations that can provide a lifeline. When Paula and Dale Boles ...