GMOs

A Mexican farmer holds a basket of corn to sell.

As the US Pressures Mexico to Import GM Corn, Can It Preserve Its Traditional Varieties?

February 23, 2023

In this week’s Field Report: Trade wars that impact biodiversity, food companies’ climate commitments fall short, and more.

‘Percy vs. Goliath’ Is a Cautionary Tale of Corporate Control in Agriculture

April 30, 2021

Christopher Walken as Percy Schmeiser in a still from Percy vs. Goliath. (Photo courtesy Saban Films)

What Will it Take for Farmers to Grow More Organic Cotton?

By Nicole Rasul

March 15, 2021

Fields of organic cotton

Bayer Forges Ahead with New Crops Resistant to 5 Herbicides

July 1, 2020

a farmer walks in a cornfield contemplating whether to spray glyphosate, dicamba, or one of three other herbicides in a new corn variety proposed by Bayer/Monsanto

At Dicamba Trial, Evidence Shows Monsanto Execs Anticipated Pesticide Drift

By Johnathan Hettinger, Investigate Midwest

January 31, 2020

Bill Bader, owner of Bader Farms, and his wife Denise pose in front of the Rush Hudson Limbaugh Sr. United States Courthouse in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, on Monday, Jan. 27, 2020. (Photo by Johnathan Hettinger/Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting)

Oregon’s Seed War: Can Vegetable Crops and Canola Coexist in the Seed Capitol of America?

June 20, 2019

farmer in a canola field checking his crop

The Sobering Details Behind the Latest Seed Monopoly Chart

By Kristina kiki Hubbard

January 11, 2019

a chart showing the seed industry monopoly in 2018

Op-ed: 3 Reasons to be Concerned about the USDA’s Proposed GMO Labeling Rules

By Rebecca Spector

June 22, 2018

gmo labeling symbol and fresh produce

Hawaii Shows States’ Power to Regulate Pesticides

June 20, 2018

Sign warning about pesticides on a farm

In High Demand, Organic Soy and Corn Farmers Stand to Win

June 1, 2018

Dallas Glazik (right) and brother Will Glazik with some of the corn varieties they grow on their farm near Paxton, IL on Friday, April 13, 2018. (Photo by Darrell Hoemann/The Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting)

A Family Farmer Looks Back at 30 Years in the Field

By Amber Turpin

April 27, 2018

mike madison and book cover

Ancient Corn is Coming to Whole Foods. Just Don’t Try to Buy it in Mexico.

By Venetia Thompson

October 27, 2017

Antonia Chulim Noh making tortillas by hand in Kahua, Yucatan. The corn is from her own milpa.

Reporting on the World’s Most Controversial Farm Chemical

October 10, 2017

How Organic Farmers are ‘Gaining Ground’

By Hannah Wallace

September 29, 2017

Vicki & Charlie Hertel picking Strawberries at Sun Gold Farm

Seed Saving is the Original Sharing Economy

By Leilani Clark

July 28, 2017

The Match.com of Seed Saving

April 26, 2017

seed sharing

Monsanto’s Driverless Car: Is CRISPR Gene Editing Driving Seed Consolidation?

By Twilight Greenaway

April 10, 2017

gene editing

Our Best Environment Stories from 2016

By The Civil Eats Editors

December 22, 2016

methane

Will Our Food be Safe Under Trump?

By Elizabeth Grossman

November 17, 2016

apples trump

The Root of the Rootworm Problem: What a Tiny Beetle Can Tell Us About Our Broken Agricultural System

By Doug Gurian-Sherman

August 25, 2016

corn field

Could CRISPR Gene Editing Change the Future of Ag?

July 25, 2016

scientist CRISPR

Congress Passed a New GMO Labeling Bill. How Will it Work?

By Elizabeth Grossman

July 21, 2016

GMO labeling

Can Farm-to-Table Tortillas Help Sustain Mexico’s Corn Heritage?

By Ken Roseboro

June 10, 2016

National Academies of Sciences Calls for Greater Transparency on GMOs

By Elizabeth Grossman

May 18, 2016

corn field GMOs

The Battle Over the Most Used Herbicide Heats Up as Nearly 100 Scientists Weigh In

By Doug Gurian-Sherman

March 10, 2016

glyphosate sceince