After a scramble to replace lost federal dollars, West Virginia farmers are facing high costs and growing need.

As midterms approach, West Virginia residents describe the impact of the past two years of the Trump administration on the ...

October 21, 2026 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released a proposed rule on Wednesday aimed at protecting recipients of federal food assistance from benefit theft, but without federal ...

The money will be distributed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), in a bid to offset high costs of fuel that have hurt many farmers across the country. Republicans are facing political ...

The agency says the effort will bolster seed sovereignty and food security, but advocates say it doesn’t adequately address ...

According to a new analysis, ground beef prices at the grocery store have only come down by 2 percent, but prices paid to beef producers decreased more than 12 percent.

Conservation efforts like this one in Chicago can help prevent the loss of land that is currently stymying small farming.

How the daughter of author Wendell Berry and executive director of the Berry Center advocates for agrarian ideals.

For decades, Willapa Bay kept native shrimp in check with pesticides that are now banned. New solutions have been hard to ...

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Hurricane Polo’s rapid formation into a category 5 storm off the coast of Mexico this week is a harbinger of the violent weather that the “super El Niño” storm season, currently brewing in the ...

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