Brent Cunningham

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Independent. Investigative. Non-profit.

Independent. Investigative. Non-profit.

By Brent Cunningham Episode 3 of Buzzkill, our new podcast series on the pollinator crisis, traces the roots of the exploitative and environmentally disastrous practices of modern industrial…

By Brent Cunningham In episode 4 of Buzzkill, our new podcast series on the pollinator crisis, reporter Eve Abrams tells the story of how one Maryland couple’s dispute with their homeowners…

By Brent Cunningham In “Bird Flu in Cows Is a Slow-Motion Disaster,” FERN’s latest publishing partnership with The New York Times opinion section, science journalist and FERN contributor Maryn McKenna…

By Brent Cunningham All six episodes of Buzzkill are out, and we hope you’re enjoying them. But at FERN we’re givers, so check out this bonus episode, recorded earlier this month in New York City at a…

By Brent Cunningham U.S. farmers die by suicide at three and a half times the national rate. Their jobs are difficult, dangerous, and precarious, at the mercy of increasingly volatile weather and the…