Trump Woos ‘God’s Country’ With Broadband Internet Promises

ZEKE MILLER / The Associated Press Jan 8, 2018 Addressing a farm organization, the president hails his tax plan and pitches a vision of better Internet technology in the heartland. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Rising Temperatures Cut Economic Output

Kieran Cooke Sep 7, 2017 A new study shows that increasing heat will affect the health and productivity of workers in Europe as well as in the world’s hottest regions. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Climate Change Will Make American Farmers’ Lives More Difficult

By Tim Radford / Climate News Network Apr 9, 2017 New research indicates that weather patterns are becoming more volatile and extreme, so farmers must find new ways to adapt. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Why Organic Farmers Are Angry With Whole Foods

Roisin Davis / Truthdig Jun 13, 2015 The chain's latest move is another strike against its holier-than-thou image. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

VIDEO: John Oliver on the Terrible Mistreatment of Not Just Chickens but Also Chicken Farmers

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig May 18, 2015 "How can the people who make the meat we eat the most barely be making a living?" asks HBO's "Last Week Tonight" host. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

What You Need to Know About the Terrifying Monsanto Protection Act

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Mar 29, 2013 In case you haven't yet heard of the so-called Monsanto Protection Act, it's a horrific piece of legislation that is tantamount to a huge corporate giveaway to the agricultural biotech giant Monsanto. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Miracle Food Blues: Bolivia Trades Health for Cash

Staff / Truthdig Mar 22, 2011 The nutritional virtues of quinoa have been known since the Inca had an empire, but now that it's sent around the world to satisfy the bourgeois appetites of the Whole Foods set, some Bolivians have become malnourished although slightly better off economically. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Scientists Fear Chinese ‘Superbugs’

Staff / Truthdig Feb 6, 2010 Leading scientists are criticizing Chinese doctors and farmers for what they believe is a reckless overuse of antibiotics in both the medical and agricultural industries, which, they argue, has led to an explosion of resistant "superbugs" endangering global health. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

A Return to War?

Staff / Truthdig Jan 7, 2010 Officials say at least 140 were killed in ethnic clashes in southern Sudan over the past week, reigniting fears by many that the country -- which still endures violence in Darfur -- may return to war. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Old MacDonald Had a Farm

Staff / Truthdig Feb 5, 2009 The key word being had: The new secretary of energy, Nobel Prize-winning Steven Chu, is making waves in the policy community with his daunting comments about climate change. Chu warns that the farms of California, the nation's leading agricultural producer, could vanish by the end of this century if steps to slow global warming are not taken. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

How Can These Fundamentals Be Called Strong?

Staff / Truthdig Oct 3, 2008 A government report released Friday morning leaves little room for any defense of the failed policies of the Bush administration or any belief in the economic wisdom of John McCain, whose erroneous assertion that the "fundamentals of the economy are strong" failed to mention a 6.1 percent unemployment rate, up nearly two percentage points since 2007. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

New World Trade Treaty Plowed Under

Staff / Truthdig Jul 30, 2008 The World Trade Organization talks in Geneva finally imploded Wednesday, as negotiations over farm subsidies and labor standards collapsed into an immovable standstill between wealthy and poorer countries. The talks, defended heavily by the "developed world," are seen by critics as an instrument to serve corporate interests. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )