The vast majority of American chicken is raised under the contract system. A network of advocates aims to help unhappy producers get out. 

Poultry Farmers Hunting for an Off Ramp

Fortune 500s have been using this loophole for decades, enabling them to defer income tax for 30 years. Now some attorneys want farmers to get the break that was intended for them in the first place. 

An Elusive, Farmers-Only Tax Break

Companies like Corteva and Bayer are pushing to commercialize — and genetically engineer — soil microbes.

The Tiniest GMOs

Public seed breeders, often academics who work to help farmers and gardeners, are rapidly disappearing. All the while, commercial breeders with patented, expensive seeds are consolidating.

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Poultry Farmers Hunting for an Off Ramp

An Elusive, Farmers-Only Tax Break

The Tiniest GMOs

We’re Losing Our Seed Breeders