It’s fair to say Big Ag in general, and in particular, pesticide producers — most notably those that manufacture chlorpyrifos ...

Marlen, a 35-year-old mother from Mexico, knows what farmworkers like her are supposed to do if they’re sexually harassed on ...

Marlen, a 35-year-old mother from Mexico, knows what farmworkers like her are supposed to do if they’re sexually harassed on the job: Tell the harasser to stop, document it, then report it to company ...

On June 10, dozens of masked federal agents filed into the Glenn Valley Foods meatpacking plant in South Omaha, presenting a warrant to company officials to conduct an immigration raid. As agents ...

The Trump administration’s hardline immigration policies have led to workplace raids, public protests and disruptions within ...

As Jill Trapp steered her pickup truck down the red dirt roads of southeast Oklahoma, she raised a hand to greet a passing ...

All across the nation, states are busy writing laws banning the sale and or manufacture of cultivated meat produced directly from animal cells grown in bioreactors. In 2022, the U.S. Food and Drug ...

Every year, hundreds of thousands of foreign workers come to the U.S. to fill temporary agricultural labor shortages through ...

Former USDA Under Secretary for Rural Development Basil Gooden, center, visits a grocery store on Aug. 29, 2024 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, that's supported by federal dollars. photo by Preston ...

When a poultry farm tests positive for bird flu, the clock starts. Within the first 72 hours, farmers start depopulating, an industry term for killing contaminated flocks. Despite the sweltering heat ...

This illustration highlights the impact of waste runoff, as seen in Postville, Iowa, where untreated waste from a local plant threatened the water supply of residents, many of whom work in the same ...

The cool morning spring breeze hit Saundra Traywick “like a punch to the face.” Walking through her wooded 38-acre donkey farm in central Oklahoma, Traywick suddenly found it hard to breathe as the ...