The year encompassed devastating fires, historic floods, tornadoes, regional droughts, with farmers caught in the crosshairs.

Tariffs, corporate consolidation, and federal budget cuts were among the multiple challenges farmers faced this year.

This year, we doubled our reporting on the systemic obstacles to food security, including poverty, inequality, and structural ...

In a year of intense federal focus on immigration and removal of labor protections, we tracked the government’s actions ...

In the midst of a global pandemic, a rushed Supreme Court confirmation, and a reckoning with racial justice, food and farming have been on the back burner in the 2020 presidential election. Expand ...

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Update: In July, 2022, the California State Legislature passed a series of bills that include over $43 million in investment in drought relief for small-scale and historically underserved farmers. “We ...

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