By Theodore Ross The latest installment in FERN’s special series, “MAHA and the Midterms,” is by Jill Filipovic, and it poses ...

By Brent Cunningham It’s no secret that RFK Jr. has not delivered for his MAHA constituents. On everything from glyphosate to ultra-processed foods, Kennedy has either yielded to Trump’s agenda ...

The first time Jesse Gabriel was asked to consider a food safety bill, in 2023, he was wary—to say the least. Banning food dyes? It sounded a little “California woo-woo.” ...

Much attention has been paid to the MAHA moms, and rightly so. Women have powered the movement, evangelizing for whole foods and raw milk on Instagram, successfully pressuring Donald Trump to ...

This week, hundreds of thousands of Haitian migrants faced an uncertain future as the Trump administration fought in federal court to revoke their legal status and deport them. But despite these ...

There was a Mitch McConnell sighting in the Senate last week, which could mean a proof of life for Mitch McConnell … but probably not for the farm bill. Helena and Theodore both think Congress is ...

From invasive pests and drought to longer growing seasons and floods, climate change is reshuffling our system of agriculture, reports The New York Times in a piece that summarizes how these new ...

Standing on a palatial salmon farm next to the Florida Everglades, Damien Claire isn’t bothered by the water dripping from the pipes and ducts overhead, even as it soaks his company-issued button-up ...

Nathan Hill pushes his skiff off from the shore as the Alaskan dawn breaks through a dense bank of clouds. It’s high tide at the mouth of the Naknek River, in the northeast arm of Bristol Bay, home to ...

A landmark class action settlement agreement between Amazon and a group of residents in Eastern Oregon today marks the first time a Big Tech company has committed to paying damages related to public ...

On Monday at 5:30 a.m., more than three thousand employees at the JBS beef packing plant in Greeley, Colorado, officially walked off the line. Members of the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 ...