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Explainer
Poisoned Ground
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.
Hands That Feed Us
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.
Analysis
The Resistance
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.