Lisa Held

Neonicotinoids coat nearly all the corn and soybean seeds available for planting. Agrichemical companies have designed it that way.

In this week’s Field Report, what you need to know about the shift away from glyphosate in Roundup’s garden weedkillers, the Harris-Walz plan for rural America, and more.

The USDA and the EPA are funding efforts to cut at-home food waste, but a trash bin full of challenges remains.

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. claims Trump can ‘Make America Healthy Again,’ but many of his decisions as president opposed these ideas.

Will federal policies boost the power of big meat companies or protect the farmers who work for them?

The proposal to reduce antibiotics in livestock would have established a concrete goal for protecting public health.

A Biden administration policy shields immigrants who report on workplace abuses. It could face an uncertain future—and so could visa policies.

Climate scientist Rob Jackson discusses phasing out gas stoves and other food-and-climate solutions.

On the ground with districts and nonprofits who are embracing recent policy changes to feed children in their communities.

The presence of long-lived chemicals known as PFAS in pesticides is on the rise, raising environmental and health concerns.