A dearth of facilities able to process small farmers’ animals keeps costs up and prices high.
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‘I’ve Always Been Either Praised or Accused of Ambition’: An Interview with Barbara Kingsolver
Barbara Kingsolver takes a rigorous, scientific approach to her novels’ subjects — but, as a woman writer, her authority is often challenged.
Posted inBooks, History, Nonfiction, Story
Oregon’s Racist Past
Starting in the mid-19th century, and extending through the mid-20th century, Oregon was arguably the most racist place outside the southern states, possibly even of all the states.
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The Mad Cheese Scientists Fighting to Save the Dairy Industry
“Amid an historic glut, a secretive, government-sponsored entity is putting cheese anywhere it can stuff it.”
Posted inBooks, Feature, Nonfiction, Story
Chasing the Harvest: ‘It Used to Be Only Men That Did This Job’
In this oral history, a produce truck driver and former lettuce worker recounts the sexual harassment she faced while working in the fields of Salinas Valley, California.
Posted inBooks, Feature, Nonfiction, Story
Chasing the Harvest: ‘If You Want to Die, Stay at the Ranch’
In this oral history, a former sheepherder describes the loneliness and medical hardship he experienced while tending sheep in California’s Central Valley.
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Stalin’s Scheherazade
An opportunistic literary caper became a lifelong con — with no possibility of escape.
Posted inBusiness, Business & Tech, Current Events, Nonfiction, Story
The Prosperity Plea
Paying attention to the Poor People’s Campaign.
Posted inNonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes
‘Then Again, Maybe They’re Just Birds’: One Farmer’s Bald-Eagle Problem
What happens when your chickens are killed by predators protected by law? At The New York Times Magazine, Wyatt Williams reports on the farming hardships posed by bald eagles and what one family farm in Bluffon, Georgia, is trying to do about it.
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The Way We Treat Our Pets Is More Paleolithic Than Medieval
Hunter-gatherers tended to think of pets as part of the family, and so do we. But in other time periods, intimacy with animals has been more taboo.
