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‘Reservation worthy’ cattle operation expands tribal enterprise

By Liz Gray and Morgan Taylor, Mvskoke Media | April 6, 2022

Muscogee (Creek) Nation’s ranch and meat processing plant generate jobs, food security

Agribusiness

San Diego County avocado farmers must pay water district thousands to switch their service — or lose it

By Camille von Kaenel, inewsource | March 25, 2022

Dozens of local water agencies are scrambling to stop costs from spiraling out of control amid the high price of importing water and the impacts of climate change including wildfires.

Government

Promised debt relief, some Black farmers get collection notices

By April Simpson, Center for Public Integrity | February 18, 2022

Confusion, anxiety as USDA effort is in limbo.

Agribusiness

European pesticide victims left to fend for themselves

By Stéphane Horel and Staffan Dahllöf, Le Monde | February 16, 2022

Suffering from Parkinson’s disease or cancer, European farmworkers experience inadequate recognition and failing compensation schemes.

Agribusiness

Poisoned farmers: exposing the myth of pesticide protection in Europe

By Stéphane Horel and Staffan Dahllöf, Le Monde | February 16, 2022

In Europe, scientists have blown the whistle on farmworkers' exposure to pesticides for years. They remain unheard.

Agribusiness

As African Swine Fever plagues other countries, the U.S. works to keep it out

By Katie Peikes, Iowa Public Radio/Harvest Public Media | February 15, 2022

The U.S. has put various protections in place to keep African Swine Fever out to protect the more than $8 billion pork industry.

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Esta familia perdió la propiedad de su casa sin saberlo. Esta es la ley que lo permitió

By Kassidy Arena, Midwest Newsroom and Iowa Public Radio | February 9, 2022

Las leyes de 'Quiet Title' en todo el Medio Oeste pueden afectar desproporcionadamente a los propietarios que no hablan inglés, como Natalia Esteban, que emigró de México hace más de 20 años.

Iowa

A Midwest family almost lost their home because of a little-known law

By Kassidy Arena, Midwest Newsroom and Iowa Public Radio | February 9, 2022

"Quiet Title" laws across the Midwest can disproportionately affect homeowners who don’t speak English, such as Natalia Esteban who emigrated from Mexico over 20 years ago.

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Secret Acres: Foreign-owned agricultural land inaccurately tracked by government

By Jamie Grey, Emily Featherston, Cory Johnson and Lee Zurik, InvestigateTV | January 26, 2022

Federal law requires disclosure, but those records are incomplete.

Agribusiness

As Oklahoma’s medical marijuana industry booms, regulators struggle to keep up

By Seth Bodine, KOSU, and Clifton Adcock, The Frontier | January 25, 2022

Loopholes in state residency requirements have led to an influx of out-of-state investment through "ghost owners."

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Investigate Midwest is an independent, nonprofit newsroom. Our mission is to serve the public interest by exposing dangerous and costly practices of influential agricultural corporations and institutions through in-depth and data-driven investigative journalism.

The American Farm Bureau Federation claims it’s the ‘Voice of Agriculture.’ These groups beg to differ.

Database: Tracking Covid-19’s impact on meatpacking workers and industry

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U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) meat inspectors and graders perform their mission.

SERESTO: what we’ve discovered so far about the popular collars linked to pet injuries and deaths

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