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  • Economy & Work
    Best Rural Reporting from 'In These Times'
    January 26, 2021
    | In These Times

    A roundup of articles about white supremacy, racial justice, country music, indigenous activism, farm policy, and more.

  • Inequality
    Iowa’s White Privilege Has a Billion Dollar Price Tag
    August 17, 2020
    | Neil Hamilton

    As Iowans we are privileged in so many ways – with our land, our people and our history, but we should be willing to show some humility in recognizing how these privileges came to be. How different would life be today if freedmen and women had been allowed to take their rightful place as land owning, independent farm families – like so many of our ancestors here in Iowa?

  • Environment
    Bet You Didn't Know This About Bees
    June 24, 2020
    THE POLLINATORS, follows migratory beekeepers and their truckloads of honeybees as they pollinate the crops we all eat. Director Peter Nelson recently talked with Bill Moyers and provided us with bee facts we are pretty sure will be new to you.
  • Moyers on Democracy
    The Pollinators: This Film Only Matters if You Eat Food
    June 15, 2020

    The Pollinators takes you on a journey around the United States following migratory beekeepers and their truckloads of honey bees as they pollinate the flowers that become the fruits, nuts and vegetables we all eat. You need to see this film if you eat food.

  • Economy & Work
    Growing an Appreciation for the Hands That Feed Us
    May 8, 2020
    | Mas Masumoto
    The pandemic has forced all Americans to rethink our food system. In this op-ed, a celebrated peach farmer and author who often works in solitude talks to food leaders Michael Pollan, Alice Waters, Raj Patel, and others about how food connects us all.
  • Arts & Culture
    A New Way Forward for American Agriculture
    August 25, 2017
    | Jessica Wang
    At Polyface Farm, Sheri Salatin, daughter-in-law of Joel Salatin and marketing director at the farm, has seen firsthand the growing interest in sustainable farming from the youngest generations.
  • Environment
    An Iceberg Broke Off Antarctica and I'm Thinking About Food
    July 17, 2017
    | Erin Sagen
    Climate change is getting worse, and policymakers are ignoring one of the biggest factors.
  • Economy & Work
    10 Things Sec. of Agriculture Sonny Perdue Should Do Right Away
    May 5, 2017
    | Reana Kovalcik
    If Perdue wants to champion the American agricultural community, here's what he needs to do.
  • Environment
    The Developing World is Awash in Pesticides. Does It Have to Be?
    July 5, 2016
    | Aleszu Bajak
    Herbicides, insecticides and fungicides threaten the environment and human health in many parts of the world. But research is pointing to a better approach.
  • Environment
    Will California's Drought Bring About $7 Broccoli?
    June 10, 2014
    | Tom Philpott
    The end of cheap fruits and veggies draws nigh. Here's why.


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