Food Resources

Diet-related disease, climate change, and environmental degradation exact an enormous toll on human and planetary health. These challenges can be addressed in part by shifting what we eat and how we produce food.

Economist Rebecca Boehm and Nina Lakhani, journalist at The Guardian, expose the harms of chicken production practices at Tyson.

Many Arkansas farmers, workers, and communities suffer from Tyson’s monopoly-like power in the state.

A peer-reviewed article in Public Health Nutrition.

Agricultural soil carbon is an important tool in battling the climate crisis—but it's not a silver bullet.

A peer-reviewed article in Food Policy.

Farmland consolidation is harming US rural communities—and better policies can help.

Farmland consolidation—the trend toward fewer, bigger farms—has been accompanied by social and economic consequences that threaten the long-term health of farm communities.

Overuse of nitrogen fertilizer and mismanagement of animal manure have created a costly groundwater pollution problem in Iowa. State and federal policies can help farmers control this pollution at its source.

Leah Penniman discusses how community farms can uproot the food system and create opportunities for Black and Brown farmers.

Almost a century after the Dust Bowl, the unsolved problem of soil erosion clouds the future of US agriculture.