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Bringing justice to America’s food

We talk to Sanjay Rawal, Director of Food Chains, a new documentary exposing conditions for US fa...

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Center for Land-Based Learning: Q&A with Sridharan Sethuratnam

We find out how the Center for Land-Based Learning is working to encourage a new generation of fa...

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Does size matter? Measuring the impact of scale in US agriculture

Does farm size matter when it comes to sustainability in agriculture?

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Draining food systems dry

With over 60% of its citizens relying on groundwater supplies and California now into its fifth y...

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Finding gold at a Philadelphia farm

Teens 4 Good is transforming vacant lots into urban farms and empowering youth to become healthy ...

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gmo labelling in the us

GMO labelling in the US

Since the defeat of Prop 37 in California, momentum has been gathering across a number of other s...

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California drought

Lessons from a California drought

Despite the recent rainfall, California's drought is far from over. How can we manage our water m...

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Fighting pesticides in paradise: Hawaii bans the use of chlorpyrifos

Hawaii has long been used as a test site for new crops and pesticides, but how has this affected ...

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In the United States, cheap meat still trumps concern over antibiotics

In recent months, the US has made announcements on tackling antibiotic use in agriculture but are...

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How did the Farm Bill become the Farm Bill?

Today the Farm Bill is the primary piece of agriculture and food policy in the US. But how did we...

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A new Farm Bill, but the same old heartburn…

Both houses of the US Congress passed a compromise on a newly revised Farm Bill this week. This e...

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