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Why are we paying for crop failures in the desert?

Taxpayers are on the hook for heat-related crop losses in parched states like Arizona. That needs to change.

Hot Farm Podcast Episode 3: Grain of the future

In this episode, the Food and Environmental Report Network considers what farmers grow—and whether that, too, can change.

Is Michelle Wu America’s food justice mayor?

The new leader of Boston is embarking on the most ambitious food policy agenda the city has ever seen, and one that could serve an example for cities nationwide.
Opinion

Dave Dickey: Breaking Big Meat's monopoly isn't for the faint of heart

President Joe Biden has declared war on Big Meat. Yup, Biden’s war. The president pinky swears new rules and a billion dollars in new funding will somehow end decades of what amounts to a meat monopoly in the beef, pork and chicken industries.

Can farm collectives challenge Big Ag?

The pandemic gave co-ops, food hubs, and community agriculture a boost, but keeping the momentum going will require help from policy-makers.
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