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Is there still room for agriculture in Walmart’s backyard?
On a brisk October morning, two pickup trucks ground to a stop and parked side by side on a Northwest Arkansas dirt road. Dan ...
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Author Archives: Jordan P. Hickey, for Investigate Midwest
On a brisk October morning, two pickup trucks ground to a stop and parked side by side on a Northwest Arkansas dirt road. Dan Douglas, a cattle and hay farmer whose family has farmed in Benton County ...
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Mass terminations have cut USDA ‘off at the knees,’ ex-employees say
More than a dozen recently fired USDA employees told Investigate Midwest that mass terminations have stalled irrigation ...
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One senator’s lonely quest to make the farm bill more sustainable
This story was originally published by Grist. When Debbie Stabenow retired from Congress last year, she ended a 28-year run ...
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Author Archives: Izzy Ross, Grist
This story was originally published by Grist. When Debbie Stabenow retired from Congress last year, she ended a 28-year run of advocating at the federal level for sustainable food systems. The ...
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Author Archives: Grey Moran, Sentient
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The USDA’s farm animal welfare research lab — with just one scientist remaining — dismantled by Trump
This story was originally published by Sentient. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Livestock Behavior Research Unit, the primary federal lab dedicated to farm animal welfare research, has been ...