Maryland’s blue crab workers exercise agency even in systems that extract maximum value from their labor and minimize their presence.

Grocery co-ops help democratize food access in food deserts. Now they could take off in communities across rural and small town America.

The billionaire-led push to siphon public funds to private religious schools faces a backlash from rural voters who make up the GOP base.

Barbara Damrosch, the acclaimed garden writer, reflects on her latest book as part memoir, part garden guide and part call to action.

It’s not likely that the word “overproduction” will feature much in this year’s farm bill debate. But in many ways, the status quo of overproducing corn, soybeans, wheat, rice, cotton and a handful of ...

Connor Barnes brings his butchering craft straight to small-time livestock farmers via a custom-made box truck, a relief to many in a consolidated industry.

American family farmers have been left holding the bag from the corporate-driven anti–family farm policies of the last 60 years.

For Iriel Edwards, movements of food and racial justice are key to connecting people with ancestral and deep ecological knowledge.

Project 2025’s plans for the Department of Agriculture call for eliminating many conservation programs that have broad support among farmers.

On the day of his inauguration, President Donald Trump claimed his administration would end the “censorship of protected speech.” But actions speak louder than words. Thanks to a leaked email memo, we ...

The story of one mountain lion’s 800-mile journey to the heart of Chicago offers a window into the Midwest’s changing ecology.

The rural postal network serves as a living map of relationships and historical narratives, a legacy under threat by new austerity measures.