The U.S. food system is propped up by low-wage immigrant workers from farm to table. From California’s strawberry fields to Florida’s orange orchards, at least 70 percent of the agricultural workers ...

If the Trump administration follows through on its most ambitious mass deportation plans, who exactly will replace these essential workers? According to several high-ranking members of ...

By Theodore Ross We have now entered the first week of the second Trump administration, and for foreign-born workers in the food system and their families — and for news organizations such as ...

By Theodore Ross Today is an exciting day for FERN, and for people who are interested in biodiversity and solutions for the pollinator crisis! I’m thrilled to welcome you to ...

The Food & Environment Reporting Network is the first independent, non-profit news organization that produces in-depth and investigative journalism in the critically under-reported areas of food, ...

The Food & Environment Reporting Network (FERN) today announced Buzzkill, a new podcast series exploring the global pollinator crisis beginning Tuesday, January 28. A trailer for the six-part weekly ...

Join us at Civic Hall, 124 East 14th Street New York, NY 10003, on March 3, 2025 at 6:30pm. We are thrilled to celebrate BUZZKILL, our new limited series podcast, with our community of supporters, ...