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Outgoing IRE director to join The Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting

Mark Horvit, the outgoing executive director of Investigative Reporters and Editors, is joining the board of directors of the Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting. Horvit has served eight years as executive director of IRE, a 5,500-member association that conducts the largest conferences in in

By Investigate Midwest staff

/ 19 Aug 2016

Crops Rot While Trump-Led Immigration Backlash Idles Farm Work | Bloomberg Politics

What do Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's comments on immigration have to do with crops withering in the field? A lot, according to Bloomberg Business.

By Investigate Midwest staff

/ 8 Jun 2016

GMO Concerns Stop Brazil Chicken Producers Buying U.S. Corn | Bloomberg

For Brazil’s enormous chicken industry, facing a surprise domestic shortage of corn with which to feed its birds, the solution seemed obvious: import the grain from the U.S., where stockpiles have never been bigger.

By Investigate Midwest staff

/ 8 Jun 2016

Temporary seasonal workers face language, legal issues | Great Lakes Echo

The increased number of foreign seasonal farm workers in Michigan means increased challenges for the workers, legally and economically.

By Investigate Midwest staff

/ 28 May 2016

Blighted Housing: Visa program requires housing inspections for non-U.S. farmworkers

Hundreds of migrant workers come to the United States from Mexico and other countries with special H-2A farm visas, but they make up only a fraction of the total number of migrant farmworkers.

By Investigate Midwest staff

/ 13 Apr 2016

Blighted Housing: Visa program requires housing inspections for non-U.S. farmworkers

USDA rules would increase food stamp access to healthy foods – Fit for Life

The Agriculture Department unveiled new rules on Tuesday that would force retailers who accept food stamps to stock a wider variety of healthy foods or face the loss of business

By Investigate Midwest staff

/ 17 Feb 2016

Credit demand rises in U.S. farm economy as incomes fall | Reuters

Demand for bank loans, loan extensions and renewals is surging among U.S. farmers, and farm incomes are forecast to fall for a third year, as grain and livestock prices remain stubbornly low, according to reports from Federal Reserve Banks on Thursday.

By Investigate Midwest staff

/ 16 Feb 2016

INN announces 15 winners in fourth round of INNovation Fund | Institute for Nonprofit News

The Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting was among 15 winners to receive funding for projects that test new ways of revenue, news distribution and community engagement.

By Investigate Midwest staff

/ 26 Jan 2016

INN announces 15 winners in fourth round of INNovation Fund | Institute for Nonprofit News

Grasses Better Than Corn For Ethanol Production, Says New Study | Illinois Public Media

New research from the University of Illinois shows producing ethanol from grasses rather than corn could significantly cut greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S. without affecting food production.

By Investigate Midwest staff

/ 12 Jan 2016

Reporter’s guide: Investigating corporate tax breaks, grants and other subsidies

In the United States, billions upon billions of dollars go to some of the largest companies in the form of tax breaks, subsidies, loans, grants and other financial bailout packages. Those who are critical of the waves of cash flowing to corporate America call this “corporate welfare.”

By Investigate Midwest staff

/ 16 Oct 2015

Reporter’s guide: Investigating corporate tax breaks, grants and other subsidies

Reporter’s guide: Looking into GMOs and biotech companies

One of the decade’s loudest and most visible debates has been the battle between GMO proponents and organic advocates. Here are eight starting points for reporters looking to find GMO-related stories.

By Investigate Midwest staff

/ 16 Oct 2015

Reporter’s guide: Looking into GMOs and biotech companies

‘The Long Journey Home’ sparks conversation on Latino migration

The Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting was part of a two-hour event focused on the Latino migration to central Illinois on Sept. 29, 2015. The event, “The Long Journey Home: The Story of Latino Migration into Central Illinois,” was the second installment of an Illinois Humanities’ series. CU

By Investigate Midwest staff

/ 9 Oct 2015

Outgoing IRE director to join The Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting

Crops Rot While Trump-Led Immigration Backlash Idles Farm Work | Bloomberg Politics

GMO Concerns Stop Brazil Chicken Producers Buying U.S. Corn | Bloomberg

Temporary seasonal workers face language, legal issues | Great Lakes Echo

Blighted Housing: Visa program requires housing inspections for non-U.S. farmworkers

USDA rules would increase food stamp access to healthy foods – Fit for Life

Credit demand rises in U.S. farm economy as incomes fall | Reuters

INN announces 15 winners in fourth round of INNovation Fund | Institute for Nonprofit News

Grasses Better Than Corn For Ethanol Production, Says New Study | Illinois Public Media

Reporter’s guide: Investigating corporate tax breaks, grants and other subsidies

Reporter’s guide: Looking into GMOs and biotech companies

‘The Long Journey Home’ sparks conversation on Latino migration

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