agriculture
Big Agriculture Is Printing Children’s Books That Say Pesticides Are Great
A publishing company linked to the most powerful agricultural lobby group in the U.S. is releasing children’s books extolling the benefits of pesticides and nitrogen fertilizers.
A Viking Settlement Mysteriously Vanished. Now, We Have an Answer
Scientists pinpoint drought as a likely cause for the abandonment of Greenland's Norse communities.
Superbug-Infected Chicken Is Being Sold All Over the US
A certain amount of bacteria is allowed under USDA rules, but companies routinely exceed that—and don’t have to recall their products.
A Congressman Wants Answers About Alleged ‘Modern-Day Slavery’ in Georgia
Farms in Georgia were allegedly forcing migrant workers to dig onions for pennies per bucket, sometimes at gunpoint. Now, Rep. David Scott wants to know how they were able to use a legal visa program to do it.
Workers Held at Gunpoint in Modern-Day Slavery Operation in Georgia, Feds Allege
Migrant laborers were allegedly forced to dig onions with their bare hands for pennies per bucket as supervisors threatened them with a gun.
The Climate Crisis Is Wreaking Havoc on Farmers in Iraq
"This is the land of my father and grandfather, but if things continue like this we will have to leave."
Plant Poacher Admits He Tried to Steal Thousands of These Rare Succulents
The Dudleya succulent is highly sought after because it can be sold overseas for as high as $600,000.
Man Who Has Never Had an Actual Job Encourages Laid-Off Workers to Pick Fruit
Some have criticized Prince Charles' suggestion that people out of work due to coronavirus sign up for underpaid physical labor.
Farmers Are Euthanizing Thousands of Chickens Despite Surging Egg Demand
While some farmers can barely meet the influx of orders, others have been forced to kill tens of thousands of birds.
China May Have Beaten Coronavirus, But Now It Could Be Facing a Food Crisis
“China’s agricultural industry has collapsed.”
Malaria Is Devastating Rwanda's Rice Farmers — but the Government Still Won't Commit to This Easy Fix
Rice farmers put food on Rwandans' tables and prop up the economy, but get little help coping with the malaria-carrying mosquitoes in their fields.
Your Fancy Honey Might Not Actually Be Honey
It may have been sweetened, heated, filtered, and turned into a fraud—and the entire agricultural system is at risk as a result.