Rural America
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“Baskets” Portrays Rural, Working Class America Differently and That’s a Good Thing
Robyn Bahr
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The Next Farm Crisis is Here and Farmers Can No Longer Afford to Be Ignored
Jim Hightower
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The Corporate States of America in Graphic Relief
John Collins
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Monsanto Expands Louisiana Herbicide Facility, Some Locals Say “Toxic Company” Isn’t Worth the Jobs
Lorraine Chow
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Dakota Access Gets Final Approval, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Calls for March in D.C.
Rural America In These Times
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USDA Deletes Records of Animal Abuse from Website
Rural America In These Times
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Bird Flu Factories: How Industry Backed Science Favors Big Poultry and Ignores Danger
Rob Wallace
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Farm Policy Watchdog Stands by Organic Farmers. Will Secretary of Agriculture Perdue?
John Collins
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#NoDAPL: Standing Rock Sioux Respond to Trump’s Executive Action
Rural America In These Times
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Michael Pollan and Co. Called the GMO Labeling Debate “Parochial”—Not Everyone Agrees
Jonathan R. Latham
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Trump Nominates a Secretary of Agriculture (and, No, It’s Not Wendell Berry)
John Collins
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Community Rights: Because Climate Conferences Won’t Stop Climate Change
Thomas Linzey
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New CDC Study Finds Big Difference Between Rural and Urban Mortality Rates
Rural America In These Times
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Rural America Still Waiting to See Who Trump Taps for Secretary of Agriculture
Dan Flynn
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FDA Grants Additional Time for Citizens (and Food Companies) to Define ‘Healthy’
Coral Beach
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The Food Movement Has People and Can Make the World a Better Place…But It Will Need Land
Rural America In These Times
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In Minnesota, St. Paul Public Schools Make Indigenous History Part of the Curriculum
Scott Russell
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In Minnesota, St. Paul Public Schools Make Indigenous History Part of the Curriculum (Part II)
Scott Russell