Will vaccination mandate trigger mass resignations at FSA?
Per a September executive order, federal employees must be vaccinated by November 22. What does this mean for workers at the Farm Service Agency (FSA), which administers loans for the USDA? Farm...
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How a federal drought relief program left southern Oregon parched—and...
For two decades, the Bureau of Reclamation incentivized farmers to pump water faster than the resource could recover, despite warnings from its own scientists. This year, residents of Klamath County...
View ArticleWhat’s going on with the North Dakota farmer detained in Ukraine?
Allegations of international graft—and a certain suspect phone call from former President Donald Trump to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy—made their way into the election drama of 2016. And...
View ArticleFarmers are reluctant to use recycled water, research finds
“Recycled water”—that is, municipal sewage that has been filtered through a wastewater treatment plant—could play a huge role in helping farmers conserve freshwater. But according to new research...
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The Counter’s most read stories of 2021
A three-part investigation into how corporations profit from food made by incarcerated people. A deep dive into the cutthroat market for baby eels. Interviews with restaurant workers about the real...
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The city of Phoenix is finding and training a new generation of farmers
Phoenix’s new Urban Agriculture Fellowship Program will pair nine residents between the ages of 18 to 24 with local farms and pay them to work and study under some of the most knowledgeable growers in...
View ArticleNew York state farmworkers could see a 40-hour work week in the next decade
New York state’s Farm Laborer Wage Board voted on Friday to lower farm workers’ overtime threshold, the Albany Times Union reports. The wage board recommended in a 2 to 1 decision that the state’s...
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Lone Star legacies: Black ranchers in Texas tend cattle, land, and family...
by Myriah Towner 02.10.2022, 11:12am Culture Share Link Copied! Save A multimedia storyteller found an emotional mission: documenting the rich lives of Black farmers and ranchers. She started with her...
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Broad agriculture coalition files federal complaint against John Deere,...
The Federal Trade Commission has indicated it intends to crack down on ag companies that keep diagnostic and repair technology closely guarded. The battle for farmers to fix their own tractors isn’t...
View ArticleThe last Japanese-American farmer on Bainbridge Island near Seattle would...
This year would have marked the 100-year birthday of strawberry farmer Akil Suyematsu, “the last Japanese American farmer on Bainbridge Island,” The Seattle Times reports. Suyematsu passed away in...
View ArticleIn lieu of champagne showers, winning NASCAR driver Ross Chastain smashes a...
After squeaking past his competitors to win the NASCAR Cup series race in late March, driver Ross Chastain got up on his Camaro, held a watermelon aloft, and smashed the fruit on the ground. In an...
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