Blueberry growing is popular around tiny Covert, Michigan, but how do these farmers of color keep their kids farming the land?
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Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Quotes, Science & Nature
Civilization Was Supposed to Make Our Lives Better, Right?
Cultivating crops led to permanent settlements, but also greed and exploitation. Was it all worth it?
Posted inBusiness & Tech, Food, Quotes, Science & Nature
“Beef and cheese are the most important ingredients… But really, cheese.”
Who’s moving America’s (1.3 billion pounds of) cheese? The Dairy Management Institute
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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 inBusiness & Tech, Current Events, Nonfiction, Quotes
Deporting Billions of Tax Dollars, Farm Work, Good People, and Affordable Food Right Out of America
TheHudson Valley offers a glimpse of the ways deportations will effect America’s farm economy and food system.
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These Law Enforcement Officers Wield Handguns and Vet Supplies
Nevada’s “cow cops” work a unique beat where crimes range from cattle rustling, bovine homicide, and animal abuse.
Posted inArts & Culture, Food, Nonfiction, Quotes
Following John McPhee’s Path to ‘Oranges’
Fifty years after he published Oranges, one writer traces McPhee’s story to Florida to assess the state of American citrus.
Posted inBusiness & Tech, Food, Nonfiction, Quotes
America’s Small Farmers Need More Slaughterhouses
A dearth of facilities able to process small farmers’ animals keeps costs up and prices high.
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.
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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.