The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has backed off its re-assessment of cancer-causing nitrates despite decades of ...

A shrinking U.S. cattle herd, driven in part by persistent drought and the New World screwworm, has forced the industry to ...

Lee Zeldin, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, testifies during his Senate Environment and Public Works confirmation hearing on Jan. 16, 2025. photo by Tom Williams, CQ Roll Call ...

Board members and other stakeholders raise signs reading, “We are no longer a food desert,” at the grand opening of Rise Community Market in Cairo, Illinois, in June 2023. photo by Julia Rendleman * ...

They use enormous amounts of water Data centers, which store and process the digital information needed for everyday online activities, often consume large amounts of water to keep servers cool — ...

Drone footage showing an aerial view of a 4-chicken house poultry feeding operation in McCurtain County, Oklahoma. footage provided by Brad Phillips After nearly 20 years of litigation, U.S. District ...

This article originally appeared in Sentient Media. When Iowa resident Chris Henning was diagnosed with cancer in 2019, her youngest sister and brother-in-law had already died of cancer 13 years ...

Big Beef has a history of breaking the law if it means making more money for its shareholders and company executives. When just four companies — National Beef Packing Company, Cargill, JBS, and Tyson ...

Illinois lost more Farm Service Agency staff in 2025 than any other state, according to a June report. Those losses followed federal cuts to the U.S. Department of Agriculture and various sub-agencies ...

Zemua Baptista had dreamed his whole life of becoming a farmer. In late 2019, while still in college, he was able to get a contract and a beginning farmer loan to build eight chicken houses to raise ...

An FDA scientist tests recalled peanut butter for salmonella. photo from Jan. 8, 2025 GAO report on food safety inspections. The Food and Drug Administration has not performed its legally required ...

Pictured here in July 2019 is the solar array of 836 panels on the city of Dubuque, Iowa’s Municipal Services Center. photo courtesy of John Klostermann, city of Dubuque Public Works This story was ...