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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
How the daughter of author Wendell Berry and executive director of the Berry Center advocates for agrarian ideals.
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.
The agency says the effort will bolster seed sovereignty and food security, but advocates say it doesn’t adequately address ...
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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The author, farmer, and environmental activist Wendell Berry, who died on Monday, was a preeminent voice for the land, writing in prose and poetry about agrarian themes, extolling living with the ...
For centuries, people have grown food right where they live, for themselves and their communities. In what is now the United States, urban agriculture has continuously adapted to meet social and ...