Is there anything peanuts aren’t good for?
farming
Posted inBusiness & Tech, Food, Quotes
It Turns Out No One’s in Kansas Anymore
Kansas is great at growing wheat, but growing wheat hasn’t been great for Kansas.
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes, Science & Nature
How Do You Control One of Nature’s Biggest Rivers?
The Mississippi River’s infrastructure is aging, and no one can agree who should fix it.
Posted inBusiness, Nonfiction, Quotes
One Georgia Farmer’s Experiment in Racial Equality
Minister Clarence Jordan founded Koinonia Farm in 1942 to be, in his words, a “demonstration plot for the kingdom of God.” Can it endure in our racially charged modern climate?
Posted inBusiness & Tech, Nonfiction, Quotes
Keeping Black Farm Families Connected to the Land in Michigan
Blueberry growing is popular around tiny Covert, Michigan, but how do these farmers of color keep their kids farming the land?
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.
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, 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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The Circle of Las Vegas Life Is One Never-Ending Buffet
Meet the family turning Las Vegas casino food waste into future meals.