Farm Policy, Food Supply & Rural Coverage
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America's Biggest Pork Producer Is Chinese-Owned — and It Sits on a Lot of US Land
Smithfield, the largest US pork company, has been owned by China's WH Group since 2013. The deal still shapes the farmland and foreign-ownership debate today.
Four Companies, One Seed Aisle: How Input Consolidation Quietly Taxes Every Farmer
A handful of firms now dominate the seeds and chemicals farmers can't farm without. Here's how the Bayer–Corteva era squeezes growers — explained simply.
Forever Chemicals on the Farm: How PFAS-Laced Sludge Poisoned American Cropland
For decades, farmers spread treated sewage sludge as cheap fertilizer. Now PFAS in that 'biosolid' is contaminating fields, milk, and livelihoods. Here's the explainer.
The Hands That Feed Us Are Working in Deadly Heat — and the Rules Barely Protect Them
H-2A guestworkers pick America's food under brutal heat with weak federal safeguards. As a national heat rule stalls, farmworker advocates say lives are on the line.
The Comeback Crop: How Young Farmers Are Rebuilding Soil — and a Future — From the Ground Up
Against consolidation and climate stress, a new generation is betting on regenerative farming, cooperatives, and land trusts. The wins are real, if you know where to look.