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If you care about food, pay attention to The Farm Bill

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The farm bill isn’t just about farming. It’s about food security for households across the nation.

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Jori Lewis on the complex story of the peanut [replay]

Book cover for Slaves for Peanuts, a peanut plant illustration on an orange background, and a black and white headshot of Jori Lewis next to it.

While peanut butter is one of my favorite foods, I can’t say that I have given much thought to the peanut as a crop, or paid any attention to its role in history.

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Raise your hand if you want to work in a meatpacking plant [replay]

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A conversation with Elizabeth Cullen Dunn about our food system’s dependence on the labor of forced migrants.

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Writing a novel is easy as pie (if only pie were easy)

A book open on a countertop with an illustration of a spinner and a headline "what does your nove really need? Step right up and take a spin"

The creators of How to Write a Novel in 20 Pies talk with Earth Eats about their book.

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Who lives in a beehive?

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Microbiologist Irene Garcia Newton shares her knowledge about the many organisms involved in keeping a colony of honeybees healthy.

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Wake up and slow down–with coffee

Korie Griggs in a brightly lit kitchen pouring water from a kettle into a cup

A conversation with Korie Griggs of the Color of Coffee Collective.

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Latest News

Rural grocery stores are dying off. Here's what some communities are doing to save them

A Circle C Market in Nebraska

Rural areas are losing grocery stores to consolidation faster than their urban counterparts — but some communities have come up with innovative solutions.

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Missouri Supreme Court upholds state law prohibiting local regulation of animal operations

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The Missouri General Assembly passed legislation in 2019 and 2021 to restrict counties from imposing regulations on industrial livestock operations.

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Strawberry products sold at Costco, Trader Joe's, recalled after hepatitis A outbreak

A back of frozen organic strawberries

Five people in Washington state got sick after eating frozen strawberries from the same supplier, federal regulatory investigators said. The FDA is urging people to stop eating certain products.

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Recipes

A bit of mystery surrounds a family's tourtière recipe, but it's a holiday favorite

Left: Mona Grandbois and her sister Doris Adeline Grandbois Ray. Right: Tourtière, a French Canadian pork pie.

They aren't sure where this version of the French Canadian meat pie came from, but one thing is clear: It isn't Christmas without tourtière.

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Oh, sweetie! Bubaleh is a pancake to celebrate freedom. And it's a term of endearment

Family photos and a bubble

A sweet and savory pancake for Passover can also be eaten year-round. And Alan Mishell learned the recipe from his grandmother, whose family escaped Poland ahead of the Nazi German invasion.

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A scallion pancake recipe is layered with thoughts of family, China and a tiny secret

A family phot beside a plate of scallion pancakes

A daughter recalls her immigrant parents and her father standing by the stove making scallion pancakes on Sunday mornings. Her siblings now make the pancakes for their children.

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