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Meet the Women Making Waves in Maine’s Tough Lobster Industry

To become a lobster boat captain on the rugged coast of Maine, you will need... (more)

Kirsten Lie-Nielsen
July 26, 2023
Lack of Affordable Child Care is Hurting Young Farm Families’ Ability to...

Kerissa and Charlie Payne are beginning farmers living their dream of raising two daughters on... (more)

Shoshanah Inwood and Florence Becot, The Conversation
July 6, 2023
Midwest Drought: Corn and Soybeans Suffer as Forecasters Expect No Quick Relief...

A dusty Nick Stanek stepped off his tractor after an evening of round baling hay.... (more)

Bennet Goldstein, Wisconsin Watch
June 29, 2023
Farmers are Struggling With Climate Change, but Yields Continue to Rise. What’s...

Hans Schmitz, an Indiana wheat farmer, made a difficult decision this year. In a last-minute... (more)

Patrick Cooley
June 21, 2023
Welcome to the Next Generation of Agricultural Drones

After 32 years as an assistant paralegal, Tracye Beer is launching a new career—as an... (more)

Naoki Nitta
June 19, 2023
Changes to SNAP Benefits Spark Fear of Hunger Crisis

New work requirements for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) have advocates worried that the... (more)

Lindsay Campbell
June 15, 2023
In California, Climate Change Fuels Disasters—and a Push For More Farmworker Protections

For the past two years, farmworkers in California’s Sonoma County have been advocating for stronger... (more)

Will Carruthers
June 13, 2023
Colorado Becomes First State with Right-to-Repair Law

Last week, Colorado governor Jared Polis signed the aptly named Consumer Right to Repair Agricultural... (more)

Emily Baron Cadloff
May 4, 2023
Solar Projects on Farmland Meet Community Opposition in the Midwest

When an energy company proposed a 175-megawatt solar array in Greene County, Ohio last year,... (more)

Patrick Cooley
April 20, 2023