Senate committee takes a crack at a bipartisan farm bill todayBy Jed KimJune 13, 2018While this version is less partisan than previous ones, safety net programs are still a hurdlePOSTED IN: Economy farming farm bill Agriculture social safety net food assistance Congress ListenreadDownloadDownload
Navigating technology in the public sector By Lizzie O'LearyMay 11, 2018Mark Wilson/Getty ImagesHow are government programs such as SNAP affected by old and new ways of doing business?POSTED IN: Tech government programs SNAP farm bill propel conduent ListenreadDownloadDownload
Farmers eyeing trade tariff threats as crop insurance trims considered by House committeeBy Nancy Marshall-GenzerApril 18, 2018POSTED IN: Economy farms business farmers crop insurance farm bill crop yields China tariffs trade ListenreadDownloadDownload
Farm bill calls on more SNAP recipients to workBy Nancy Marshall-GenzerApril 13, 2018POSTED IN: Economy SNAP farm bill Congress food stamps work requirements ListenreadDownloadDownload
New Farm Bill proposes changes to food stampsBy Lizzie O'Leary and Paulina VelascoApril 13, 201880% of spending in the Farm Bill goes to food stampsPOSTED IN: Economy farm bill trade Agriculture farmers ranchers food stamps ListenreadDownloadDownload
Farmers are "excited" by the prospect re-entering the TPPBy Kai RyssdalApril 13, 2018Sean Gallup/Getty ImagesKeith Alverson says farmers like him are after the 95 precent of consumers outside the U.S.POSTED IN: Economy farm economy trade steel tariffs TPP corn Industry Agriculture NAFTA ListenreadDownloadDownload
How cranberries get from the bog to your Thanksgiving tableBy Adriene Hill and Kristin SchwabNovember 23, 2017SERGEI GAPON/AFP/Getty ImagesTech is helping the industry produce better fruit.POSTED IN: Tech technology Cranberries cranberry bog Thanksgiving farming farm tech ListenreadDownloadDownload
Amid Trump’s immigration crackdown, farmers look for reformBy Elly YuSeptember 26, 2017Elly Yu for MarketplaceFarmers want to see reform to the H-2A visas program, that allows foreign agricultural laborers to work legally in the U.S. POSTED IN: Immigration Economy farm farming industry business Food agriculture industry ListenreadDownloadDownload
UFW activist Dolores Huerta's "riches to rags" storyBy Kai Ryssdal and Daisy PalaciosSeptember 13, 2017Courtesy of PBS DistributionThe movement "became her No. 1" child, says Peter Bratt, who with Carlos Santana made a documentary about Huerta.POSTED IN: United Farm Workers Dolores Huerta Carlos Santana Cesar Chavez documentary documentary film ListenreadDownloadDownload
