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Is your grass-fed beef actually grass-fed?

by Lizzie O'Leary
Apr 1, 2016
Well, it's complicated.
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BBC Roundup: Migrants break Greek border fence, India boosts farming

by Donna Tam
Feb 29, 2016
There’s lots of turmoil overseas, particularly with the refugee crisis in Europe and trouble in the markets. But there is one bright spot in recent news — India’s economy continues to grow. Here’s a look at today’s global news from the BBC: Migrants take down barbed-wire fence at Macedonia, Greek border Migrants at the border […]
An Indian farmer lifts a basket loaded with cauliflowers in a field in Rasalpur village.
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Farmers feel thrown under the bus as Big Food changes

by Annie Baxter
Feb 26, 2016
Some farmers feel their concerns are ignored as the food industry changes.
A group of pigs in Spronk's new barn, equipped with new feeders and gates. 
Seth Spronk
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The interest hike through the eyes of a cattle rancher

by Ken Lenox
Dec 16, 2015
Ken Lenox tells us how the interest rate hike will affect him as a cattle rancher
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Falling prices are behind the bad year for farmers

by Scott Tong
Nov 25, 2015
Some see a global commodity dynamic known as a super-cycle at work here.
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A fisherman’s plan to feed the world and reduce climate change

by David Brancaccio and Beidi Zhang
Nov 19, 2015
A new model of ocean farming could revolutionize the seafood industry.
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Why a dry California will still grow a lot of food

by Annie Baxter
Oct 20, 2015
Agriculture experts don't expect a big exodus of food production from the state.
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In Arizona desert, big farms are springing up

by Marketplace Contributor
Aug 19, 2015
An investor group is developing thousands of acres, watering the land with water pumped from wells.
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The environmental cost of corn

by Dan Weissmann
Apr 6, 2015
Plowing more land for corn means a bigger carbon footprint.
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Big change to farm subsidies

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Mar 11, 2015
Taxpayers are on the hook after changes in the Farm Bill
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