For two decades, Nick Pehle’s grapes, pressed and distilled, have filled glasses at wineries across Missouri. Most seasons, ...
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Residents of the United States and Europe have increasingly eaten more meat since 1960, but the two regions’ meat consumption has diverged over the past 15 years. Since 2010, U.S. meat consumption per ...
At Investigate Midwest, we’re a regional newsroom with national reach, but much of our reporting begins with local people who ...
In eastern North Dakota’s Red River Valley, counties with the highest pesticide use also report above-average cancer rates, ...
Feedlots, where cattle are finished on grain after grazing, are becoming larger. Smaller operations are declining, while the ...
Four companies own 85% of US beef production. Independent ranchers say consolidation has narrowed their market options, and ...
Eastern North Dakota is a top corn and soybean-growing region, with many of its counties among the nation’s largest users of pesticides and herbicides. It’s also home to higher-than-average cancer ...
This article originally appeared in Sentient Media. When Iowa resident Chris Henning was diagnosed with cancer in 2019, her youngest sister and brother-in-law had already died of cancer 13 years ...