Jennifer Bamberg, Investigate Midwest
WEBFeb 7, 2024 · [email protected] @j_bambergwrites. Jennifer Bamberg covers agribusiness and food systems policy in Illinois for Investigate Midwest. Bamberg previously worked as a freelance reporter in Chicago, covering labor, housing, police misconduct and public health. She has been published by the Illinois Answers Project, In These ...
About Investigate Midwest
WEBInvestigate Midwest (previously The Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting) is an independent, nonprofit newsroom. Our mission is to serve the public as a watchdog over influential corporations and institutions through in-depth and data-driven investigative journalism. Started in 2009 by journalist Mike Sherry, Investigate Midwest provides training and education for students, professional ...
America's largest corn company, Corteva Agriscience, pledges no …
WEBSep 25, 2024 · CONESVILLE, Iowa — The deductions frustrated him. “You earn money faster” in the U.S. than in Mexico, the man said in Spanish. But the deductions in every paycheck slowed his earnings, and he and his family needed every dollar. A few weeks working in Iowa corn fields, with a temporary labor visa, helped him cover […]
Slaughterhouses across the country: A collaborative map
WEBNov 27, 2013 · Here’s the result, using the list Vestal ended up laboriously assembling herself. The zoomed-out version shows you how the biggest slaughterhouses are spread mostly throughout the Midwest (including two in Wisconsin) and the South. Zooming in, using the tools on the map’s top left, you can see how the slaughterhouses tend to …
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WEBOct 2, 2024 · Fertilizer use has raised concerns over the presence of ‘forever chemicals.’. Investigate Midwest is an independent, nonprofit newsroom. Our mission is to serve the public interest by exposing dangerous and costly practices of influential agricultural corporations and institutions through in-depth and data-driven investigative journalism.
Farm programs, USDA would shrink under Project 2025 goals for ag
WEBJul 19, 2024 · Crop Insurance: Project 2025 states taxpayers should not pay more than 50% of crop-insurance premiums. Cutting insurance subsidies to 47% would save an estimated $8.1 billion a year and only reduce insured acres roughly 1%. This also runs counter to the House version of the farm bill, which boosts premium subsidies for …
National Archives - Investigate Midwest
WEBAug 19, 2024 · by Ben Felder, Investigate Midwest October 2, 2024 Why you can trust Investigate Midwest. Striking dockworkers have shut down seaports along the East and Gulf Coasts, impacting ports that handle around 40% of the nation’s agricultural exports. The closed ports could also impact shipments of farm …
Tyson Foods is being investigated by the USDA
WEBAug 16, 2024 · A Tyson Plant on West Olrich Street in Rogers, Arkansas, on June 28, 2020. photo by Spencer Tirey, for Investigate Midwest. The Packers and Stockyard Division is actively investigating Tyson Foods, one of the largest meat companies in the nation, according to interviews with contract growers and a USDA employee.
Ben Felder, Investigate Midwest, Author at Investigate Midwest
WEBOct 2, 2024 · Ben Felder is Investigate Midwest’s first editor in chief. He was hired in 2023 to cover agribusiness and the meat industry in Oklahoma. Felder previously worked for The Oklahoman as a political enterprise reporter blending narrative storytelling, data analysis and investigative reporting to cover the state’s political leaders, the influences behind them, and their impact on everyday ...
Anti-biosolid fertilizer candidate wins Oklahoma state House race
WEBAug 28, 2024 · Shaw, who won Tuesday’s election with 54% of the vote, openly campaigned against biosolid fertilizer. He also ran against the growth of wind and solar farms, especially projects owned by foreign-backed companies. “This victory belongs wholly to the people of House District 32 who have believed in our …