By Theodore Ross We have now entered the first week of the second Trump administration, and for foreign-born workers in the food system and their families — and for news organizations such as ...

The U.S. food system is propped up by low-wage immigrant workers from farm to table. From California’s strawberry fields to Florida’s orange orchards, at least 70 percent of the agricultural ...

By Theodore Ross Today is an exciting day for FERN, and for people who are interested in biodiversity and solutions for the pollinator crisis! I’m thrilled to welcome you to ...

President Donald Trump returns to the White House and has vowed to deport millions of immigrants and refugees as one of his first tasks. If he does, it will have a major impact on the meatpacking ...

The Food & Environment Reporting Network is the first independent, non-profit news organization that produces in-depth and investigative journalism in the critically under-reported areas of food, ...

Plant diseases cost the global economy hundreds of billions of dollars every year, with between 20 to 40 percent of global crop production lost to crop diseases and pests. Climate change is ...

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