The Feds Just Indicted Meatpacking Moguls for Driving Up the Price of Your Chicken
Did Big Chicken make its profits even tastier by colluding to push up wholesale prices? bhofack2/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Still reeling from COVID-19 outbreaks among slaughterhouse workers, the US poultry industry has another major problem on its hands: Several executives were just indicted by the…
Trump’s Latest Farm Bailout Is Great—If You’re a Huge Corporate Farmer
Hillary Wilson Kimmel and Worth Kimmel at PTB Farm in Reidsville, NC. For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Hillary Wilson Kimmel runs PTB Farm with her husband, Worth, outside of Greensboro, North Carolina. They raise hogs, cattle, and sheep on pasture and grow vegetables, all of which they…
“The Workers Are Being Sacrificed”: As Cases Mounted, Meatpacker JBS Kept People on Crowded Factory Floors
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.On her phone, Crystal Rodriguez keeps a photo of her father hooked up to a ventilator. Nurses at the hospital sent her the image after he’d spent close to a month in the intensive care unit at UCHealth Medical Center of the…
The Government Will Spend $3 Billion to Direct Fresh Produce and Dairy to Food Banks
Ricky Jones, operations manager at Magic Valley Quality Milk Transport, walks out the door as 4,100 gallons of milk pour down the drain Wednesday, April 8, 2020, at the Azevedo Family Dairy in Buhl. With restaurants across the country closed, milk processors have lost a significant chunk of their market, leaving dairy farmers with no…
Trump Moved to Ease the Farm Labor Shortage—While Also Trying to Cut Workers’ Pay
dmaroscar/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.As the coronavirus lockdown settled in last month, the US government made a decision that sent shockwaves through the agriculture industry: It closed its embassy and consulates throughout Mexico. The move abruptly halted the issuance of new temporary-work permits, known as…
Farmers on Remote Island Fight Food Insecurity With Their Flock
A little goat.Paul Zinken/Zuma For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.This piece was originally published in Canada’s National Observer and appears here as part of our Climate Desk Partnership. Goats are an overlooked tool in the arsenal for rural, isolated communities to improve their resiliency during the COVID-19 pandemic,…