In the spirit of Sunshine Week, the Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting looked at the laws in place or under consideration that impact reporting on the agriculture industry. A Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting analysis found that there are nearly 40 laws now under consideration - mor
The Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting and co-sponsor Investigative Reporters and Editors are seeking applications for an all-expense paid workshop on covering agribusiness
Expect crude oil prices to jump at least 28 percent over the next decade and raise agriculture production costs, according to new estimates by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Applications are due April 1 for the first round of five $10,000 postgraduate fellowships from University of California Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism.
Over 100,000 American horses – race horses, ranch horses, teaching stable horses - are eaten abroad every year. And there’s evidence that some of those horses are slipping through inspection cracks in Canada and making their way, along with their toxic drug residue, into the European market.
This week, the Kansas Cit Star released a three-part series on the beef industry after a year-long investigation. Harvest Public Media contributed to the project and produced several radio stories on the topic, including an interview with project reporter Mike McGraw.
In a year-long investigation, The Kansas City Star found a beef industry with hidden health hazards. The resulting project is a three-part series published this week.
Crop production will have to double by 2050 to fulfill the needs of a growing and increasingly affluent population. Meeting this challenge will be difficult but not impossible, according to the University of Minnesota’s Institute on the Environment.
Scrutiny of the nation's mental health system has followed the January shooting rampage that seriously injured U.S. Rep Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., and killed six others. Click on the logos to the left to read stories published Wednesday that feature contributions from the Midwest Center for Invest
