Articles by Jared Hayes
Growing farm conservation backlog shows need for Congress to spend smarter
Despite billions of dollars in federal spending, the U.S. has a growing backlog of farmers seeking assistance for conservation efforts that can protect drinking water supplies. It’s time for Congress...
‘Forever chemicals’ contamination at Defense Department sites threatens Chesapeake Bay fish
At the most contaminated military sites, little to no progress in cleaning up ‘forever chemicals’
USDA Data: Nearly All Pandemic Bailout Funds Went to White Farmers
Nearly all of the billions of dollars in federal farm bailouts to offset the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic went to white farmers, newly revealed Department of Agriculture data show.
Will the Pentagon Continue To Flout State Standards for ‘Forever Chemicals’?
Timeline: Black Farmers and the USDA, 1920 to Present
It’s Time To Protect Firefighters From Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’
Firefighters take enormous risks to protect us. Now it's time to protect them from the toxic “forever chemicals” known as PFAS.
6 Ways the Biden Administration Should Protect Food and Farm Workers From Covid-19
The Covid-19 pandemic – worsened by the Trump administration's woefully anemic response – has taken the lives of more than 300 food and farm workers and sickened tens of thousands more, turning the...
Trump’s Ag Secretary Wants EU To Have Polluted Water, Too
President Donald Trump and his secretary of agriculture have a message for Europeans: We want you to drink polluted water too.
Get Big or Get Out: How Trump’s Farm Bailouts Are Fueling Farm Consolidation
While visiting Wisconsin last year, Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said farmers should “get big or get out.” The Trump administration's bailout program seems designed to do just that.
Members of Congress Got Nearly $16 Million in Farm Subsidies and Trade War Bailout
Seven Months Into Pandemic, Most States Still Don’t Require Farmworker Protections
Study: More Than 125,000 Farmworkers Have Contracted Covid-19
The Covid-19 virus has infected more than 125,000 U.S. farmworkers, according to the latest estimates in an ongoing study by Purdue University.