farming

A man holds soybeans in his hands.

How soybeans became China’s most powerful weapon in Trump’s trade war

China was once one of the biggest buyers of US soybeans. Now that the trade war between the US and China has intensified, tariffs have been put on US soybeans. Now, farmers across the country are hurting.

Teatro Campesino

Arts, Culture & Media

Tractors

Arts, Culture & Media

Special Guest: Verlyn Klinkenborg

Arts, Culture & Media

Matt Moore

Arts, Culture & Media

Grow Your Own Van Gogh (Just Add Water)

Arts, Culture & Media

Artist Stan Herd’s giant floral recreation of a van Gogh painting can be seen from a plane. It’s a stunt, sure, but it might also be a sincere expression of what van Gogh wanted.

No-till farming.

Another way to grow crops — by laying down the plow

Food

No-till farming is being championed by farmers and environmentalists alike. Here’s why.

Jim

Japanese Americans remember a dark chapter when they were ‘more number than name’

Conflict

Looking back to the US incarceration of Japanese Americans and how, as one historian puts it, people can “lose sight of our important national values of justice and rule of law.”

Raspberries

Some advice for starting your own backyard ‘carbon farm’

Environment

A “carbon farming” expert explains how smart perennial planting can help your garden sequester more carbon, and produce more food.

Menkir Tamrath holds up two jars of Ethiopian blends spices, Berbere and Mitmita, from plants he grows on his farm in Sunol, California.

This MBA missed the tastes of Ethiopia — so he starting growing it for himself

Food

“I think more people should have two different countries,” says this businessman-turned-farmer. He now has a farm in California where he grows Ethiopian peppers. And he’s starting a farm in Ethiopia growing things like Tuscan kale and Swiss chard.