The year encompassed devastating fires, historic floods, tornadoes, regional droughts, with farmers caught in the crosshairs.

Tariffs, corporate consolidation, and federal budget cuts were among the multiple challenges farmers faced this year.

This year, we doubled our reporting on the systemic obstacles to food security, including poverty, inequality, and structural ...

In a year of intense federal focus on immigration and removal of labor protections, we tracked the government’s actions ...

At the public library in Mystic, Connecticut, a card catalog that formerly stored book due dates now holds endless packets of seeds. There’s eggplant and kale, marigolds and zinnias; more than 90 ...

In western Maryland this March, the proverbial lion and lamb seemed to be running circles around each other. Instead of warming up gradually, the temperature rose and fell unpredictably. Warm sun ...

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Update: In July, 2022, the California State Legislature passed a series of bills that include over $43 million in investment in drought relief for small-scale and historically underserved farmers. “We ...

At the end of December, during a week when most Americans were finishing holiday shopping and getting their out-of-office messages ready, members of Congress were once again racing to reach a spending ...