Senators Team Up To Investigate Mega Meatpackers
July 8th, 2020 By Local Root Strategies Team Senator Warren and Senator Booker have teamed up yet again to fight for a fairer food...
Federal Agency Takes Charge of Voluntary Carbon Credit Markets by Bryce Oates
July 7th, 2020 While the Growing Climate Solutions Act enjoys broad support from private industry and both parties in Congress, some...
Cory Booker Wants to Pay Many More Farmers to Practice Carbon Farming BY LISA HELD
August 8, 2019 The Climate Stewardship Act, which Booker plans to propose in September, aims to 'dramatically scale up' voluntary...
AS FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN U.S. FARMLAND GROWS, EFFORTS TO BAN AND LIMIT THE INCREASE MOUNT
June 6, 2019 By Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting Foreign investors acquired at least 1.6 million acres of U.S. agricultural...
Farmers and Ranchers Head to DC to Level the Playing Field BY LISA HELD
July 7, 2019 Saying they’ve endured years of unfair contracts, discrimination, and retaliation from a handful of big companies that...
Farmers Press Eighth Circuit to Clear Regulatory Hurdle Reporter Joe Harris
September 26, 2018 ST. LOUIS (CN) – Small farmers still waiting on a years-old legislative promise lobbied the Eighth Circuit on...
Are You Being Squeezed Out by Agribusiness Monopolies? Host Doug Stephan
April 19, 2018 Host Doug Stephanreviews the latest developments with egg production, and the recent Salmonella scares. Next, Doug spends...
What Is the “Protect Interstate Commerce Act” and Why Does It Matter? Reporter Dan Nosowitz
FEB 27, 2018 Congressman Steve King (R-IA) has proposed the measure as part of the 2018 Farm Bill, but its chances of getting approved...
Missouri Constitutional Amendment Pits Farmer Against Farmer Reporter Kristofor Husted
August 6, 20145:07 AM ET Heard on Morning Edition Agriculture is a cornerstone of the Midwest economy. In some states, it may even become...










