Maryland’s blue crab workers exercise agency even in systems that extract maximum value from their labor and minimize their presence.

Did Religion Motivate Assassination of Minnesota Lawmaker? The media has overlooked Vance Boelter’s connection to the New Apostolic Reformation in his alleged targeting of public officials ...

Fluoride prevents cavaties, but new research studies raise concerns about adverse health effects of fluoride exposure on fetuses and infants.

Connor Barnes brings his butchering craft straight to small-time livestock farmers via a custom-made box truck, a relief to many in a consolidated industry.

Grocery co-ops help democratize food access in food deserts. Now they could take off in communities across rural and small town America.

A green energy push is bringing millions of dollars to Michigan’s rural communities. But not everyone is pleased.

The billionaire-led push to siphon public funds to private religious schools faces a backlash from rural voters who make up the GOP base.

Project 2025’s plans for the Department of Agriculture call for eliminating many conservation programs that have broad support among farmers.

For Iriel Edwards, movements of food and racial justice are key to connecting people with ancestral and deep ecological knowledge.

American family farmers have been left holding the bag from the corporate-driven anti–family farm policies of the last 60 years.

Barbara Damrosch, the acclaimed garden writer, reflects on her latest book as part memoir, part garden guide and part call to action.

The rural postal network serves as a living map of relationships and historical narratives, a legacy under threat by new austerity measures.