California Bill Aims to Keep Toxic PFAS off Its Crops
The nation’s top agricultural producer could ban pesticides with PFAS after researchers found the “forever chemicals” on 40 percent of the conventional produce grown in the state.
By Liza Gross
Food & Agriculture
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
California Pays Farms to Make Biogas from Hog Waste in North Carolina, Where Locals Say It’s Fueling Pollution
By Blanca Begert
Local Barley Becomes Local Booze at a Wisconsin Distillery Prioritizing Ag Sustainability
By Sarah Mattalian
California Explores First-Time Regulation on Dairy Methane Emissions
By Blanca Begert
A Troubled Hog Farm in Wayne County, North Carolina, Is Hit With a New String of Violations
By Lisa Sorg
