2+ mon, 5+ day ago   (1854+ words) The U.S. produces billions of pounds of commercial beef every year. But it’s getting more and more expensive for Americans to get beef on the table – and for ranchers to raise the cattle it comes from. David Anderson, professor and extension…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (78+ words) WBUR Our love of the iconic American meal — the hamburger — could be killing the planet. Michael Grunwald, author of “We Are Eating the Earth: The Race to Fix Our Food System and Save Our Climate," argues that agriculture is a…...

4+ mon, 4+ week ago   (630+ words) When a herd of frolicking goats joined Jennifer Acker on a walk through her family’s former farm, she discovered these small animals have big personalities. “Being there and watching the goats play in the snow was remarkable,” she said. Acker’s…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago   (195+ words) Cesar Chavez, the labor organizer and champion of farmworker rights, has been accused of sexually abusing two girls in the 1970s, and Dolores Huerta, his co-founder of the United Farm Workers, according to an investigation by The New York Times. Cynthia…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago   (79+ words) WBUR As spring planting season begins, Here & Now's Peter O'Dowd speaks with David Bowen, a fourth-generation farmer in Mississippi who is concerned that if the war with Iran continues, he won't be able to buy enough fertilizer. Roughly one-third of…...

7+ mon, 2+ week ago   (87+ words) Farms were the first targets of the Trump administration's crackdown on immigration. But since last summer's raids, federal agents have shifted their focus toward urban areas. Hector Alejandro Arzate of the Mississippi River Basin Ag and Water Desk explains why…...