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 ...

Within minutes of the cat’s meat man embarking on his circuit, the barrow would be surrounded by felines, some of whom had perfectly good homes to go to and others who did not but still hoped that ...

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, ...

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 ...

“At 3 a.m., I bolted awake, clutching a cold, wet towel to my abdomen: my ‘liver wrap,’ applied at bedtime per the instructions on my printed schedule. A faint signal like a just-rung bell — the ...

There is a … buzz around the FERN offices these days, one that I attribute to the release of the first episode of Buzzkill, our six-episode podcast series on the ...

A new FERN podcast about the pollinator crisis – and what can be done to solve it. Available wherever you get your podcasts. The Food & Environment Reporting Network is the first independent, ...

Though undocumented immigrants make up just 5 percent of the labor pool, they make up 16 percent of food supply chain workers, from fruit pickers to slaughterhouse workers to ...