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The Food & Environment Reporting Network (FERN) produces independent, non-profit journalism at the intersection of food, agriculture, and the environment.
What if hatcheries—once thought of as the solution to dwindling salmon runs—are actually an ocean-wide ecological problem?
November 26, 2025 at 3:15 PM
What if hatcheries—once thought of as the solution to dwindling salmon runs—are actually an ocean-wide ecological problem?
The MAHA movement has had surprising success at the state level. Will that translate into federal change?
November 18, 2025 at 6:10 PM
The MAHA movement has had surprising success at the state level. Will that translate into federal change?
We are excited about next week's live taping of Forked happening in D.C.! Tuesday, Nov. 11 at 6 pm!
November 5, 2025 at 3:07 PM
We are excited about next week's live taping of Forked happening in D.C.! Tuesday, Nov. 11 at 6 pm!
The government shutdown means money is running out for SNAP. Who will come to its rescue?
November 4, 2025 at 6:08 PM
The government shutdown means money is running out for SNAP. Who will come to its rescue?
The CDC fired more than 1,000 people and then unfired most of them. Again. What happened?
October 28, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The CDC fired more than 1,000 people and then unfired most of them. Again. What happened?
In the latest REAP/SOW Extra, FERN’s Theodore Ross talks with reporter Esther Honig about how refugee workers transformed Greeley, Colorado’s meatpacking industry — and the cultural and political ripple effects that followed.
October 26, 2025 at 6:30 PM
In the latest REAP/SOW Extra, FERN’s Theodore Ross talks with reporter Esther Honig about how refugee workers transformed Greeley, Colorado’s meatpacking industry — and the cultural and political ripple effects that followed.