The U.S. food system is propped up by low-wage immigrant workers from farm to table. From California’s strawberry fields to Florida’s orange orchards, at least 70 percent of the agricultural workers ...

If the Trump administration follows through on its most ambitious mass deportation plans, who exactly will replace these essential workers? According to several high-ranking members of ...

By Theodore Ross We have now entered the first week of the second Trump administration, and for foreign-born workers in the food system and their families — and for news organizations such as ...

By Theodore Ross Today is an exciting day for FERN, and for people who are interested in biodiversity and solutions for the pollinator crisis! I’m thrilled to welcome you to ...

The Food & Environment Reporting Network is the first independent, non-profit news organization that produces in-depth and investigative journalism in the critically under-reported areas of food, ...

President Donald Trump returns to the White House and has vowed to deport millions of immigrants and refugees as one of his first tasks. If he does, it will have a major impact on the ...

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