agriculture

Organic Food's Health Benefits Have Been Hard To Assess. But That Could Change.

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As Trade War Heats Up, Farmers Feel the Squeeze

"I expect the farm crisis to deepen."
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Trump Official Insults Farmers Over New Trade War Move

Farmers were unsettled after Trump official Sonny Perdue mocked them as “whiners” amid trade war bankruptcies.
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An Inside Look At How Monsanto, A PR Firm And A Reporter Give Readers A Warped View Of Science

Dogged for years by bad press, Monsanto hit reboot with Ketchum.
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Inside The Tiny Country Where Robots Grow The Food

The wave of machines taking over farms in the Netherlands has helped propel its rise to the world's second-biggest food exporter after the U.S.
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Cargill Promises To End Deforestation. It’s Telling Farmers Something Else.

“We’ve gone through multiple rounds where Cargill executives promise to act and then fail to get anything done."
By Nathanael Johnson, Grist

These New Laws Help Rural Black Families Fight For Their Land

In 1910, rural black families held between 16 million and 19 million acres of farmland. Active farms how account 2.5 million acres.
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Farmageddon: Tariff-Slammed Farmers Now Battling Climate Change Flood Hell

Planting season is the slowest in decades as farmers grapple with floods, rains and sodden fields.
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Trump Touts New Farm Trade Pact In Deal With Mexico That Doesn't Seem To Exist

There's no mention of it in State Department declaration, and Mexican officials told Bloomberg News they were not aware of it.
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Food Banks Are Winning In Trump's Trade War With China

USDA’s bailout program for farmers sends abundant meat, vegetables and fruits to feed low-income Americans.
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