Food & Agriculture

With Fertilizer Pollution on the Rise, Iowa Will Invest $100 Million in Water Treatment

After years of worsening water quality, the move marks Gov. Kim Reynolds’ first official action to tackle harmful agricultural nutrients in state waterways. Critics say it’s “too little too late.”

By Anika Jane Beamer

Nearly One-Fifth of Americans Are Consuming Water With High Levels of Nitrates

By Georgina Gustin

Major Livestock and Animal Agriculture Companies Are Making Climate Promises They Aren’t Keeping

By Georgina Gustin

Illinois Weighs Early Warning System For Pesticide Spraying Near Parks, Schools

By Gabriel Matias Castilho

Iowa Moves to Shield Farmers, Ethanol Plants, From Lawsuits Over Emissions

By Anika Jane Beamer, Georgina Gustin

California Bill Aims to Keep Toxic PFAS off Its Crops

By Liza Gross

Under Trump, the Department of Agriculture Has Ditched Conservation and Climate Efforts

By Georgina Gustin, Peter Aldhous

Trump Administration Targets Bison on Federal Grazing Lands

By Blaine Harden

Critics Call the Poultry Farming System Rigged. Craig Watts Is Fighting to Overturn It.

By Lisa Sorg

The Trump Administration’s New Biofuels Targets Threaten Carbon-Rich Rainforests

By Georgina Gustin

As Prices Soar, EPA Greenlights Higher Ethanol Blends in Gasoline

By Georgina Gustin

Iowa’s Cancer Crisis Linked to Pesticides, PFAS, Fertilizer and Radon, Report Says

By Anika Jane Beamer

There Are 10 Million Tons of Manure Missing in California

Seth Millstein, Sentient

California Water Board Will Soon Release a New Rule to Limit Water Pollution From Dairies in the State

By Blanca Begert

North Carolina Created Complaint Systems for Its Industrialized Farms. They Don’t Work Very Well.

By Lisa Sorg

On the Farm, the Hidden Climate Cost of the Broken U.S. Health Care System

By Jordan Gass-Pooré

The Farming Industry Has Embraced ‘Precision Agriculture’ and AI, but Critics Question Its Environmental Benefits

By Georgina Gustin

Grasslands and Wetlands Are Being Gobbled Up By Agriculture, Mostly Livestock

By Georgina Gustin

Iowa’s Water Crisis Could Help Tip the Scales for Control of US House

By Anika Jane Beamer