John McCracken
Meat Industry Reporter at Investigate Midwest
meat industry reporter @imidwest | former @grist fellow | ag, climate, enviro journalist | [email protected] | he/him
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1 week ago |
investigatemidwest.org | John McCracken |Investigate Midwest
Despite rising child labor violations and new Senate demands to investigate the nation’s largest meat processor, the U.S. Department of Labor remains silent on whether it has the staff to conduct future probes amidst a major reduction in its workforce.
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2 weeks ago |
bdtonline.com | John McCracken |Investigate Midwest
Champaign, IL (Investigate Midwest)Despite remaining tight-lipped about its investigation into Tyson Foods, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has collected nearly 18,000 related documents. However, some worry the inquiry could end under the next Trump administration. kAmx? pF8FDE[ x?G6DE:82E6 |:5H6DE C6A@CE65 E92E E96 ?2E:@?VD =2C86DE A@F=ECJ AC@46DD@C H2D F?56C :?G6DE:82E:@?
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3 weeks ago |
agdaily.com | John McCracken |Investigate Midwest
Nearly every state in the country has seen an increase in foreign interests owning farmland since 2014, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture data. Foreign countries and interests own more than 45 million acres of farmland in the country, which accounts for just over 3 percent of the nation’s private farmland, but the number of agricultural acres owned by foreign interests increased by 67 percent from 2014 to 2023.
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3 weeks ago |
sentientmedia.org | John McCracken |Investigate Midwest
This story was originally published on Investigate Midwest. Nearly every state in the country has seen an increase in foreign interests owning farmland since 2014, according to USDA data. Foreign countries and interests own more than 45 million acres of farmland in the country, which accounts for just over 3% of the nation’s private farmland, but the number of agricultural acres owned by foreign interests increased by 67% from 2014 to 2023.
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3 weeks ago |
valleynewstoday.com | John McCracken
When a poultry farm tests positive for bird flu, the clock starts. Within the first 72 hours, farmers start depopulating, an industry term for killing contaminated flocks. Despite the sweltering heat inside the barns, hired workers wear gloves, face masks and other protective equipment and repetitively pick up flailing, sick chickens and place them into a metal container filled with carbon dioxide. In a few minutes, the chickens are dead.
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