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Salvadoran Workers at Tyson Foods Face Risks Due to Work Permit Delays

For decades, Salvadorans with Temporary Protected Status have worked at Tyson Foods’ chicken processing plants in Springdale, Arkansas. Now, they face uncertainty.

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Livestock Pharmaceutical Sales Still Booming Despite Public Health Concerns Elanco Animal Health reported $1.14 billion in quarterly revenue, and its farm animal sector increased 17% year-over-year.

Elanco Animal Health reported $1.14 billion in quarterly revenue, and its farm animal sector increased 17% year-over-year. @jesslsr.bsky.social reports:

The Climate Solution Sitting in America’s Trash Cutting food waste is a huge potential climate win. Why are we ignoring it?

Cutting food waste is a huge potential climate win. Why are we ignoring it?

Minnesota Asks the Public Whether Groundwater Rule Is Enough to Curb Farm Fertilizer Pollution, Following Lawsuit Officials seek public input as critics say current rule has failed to reduce nitrate pollution.

Minnesota regulators are asking the public whether the state’s rule to prevent agricultural nitrate pollution is strong enough to protect drinking water.

Bugs were supposed to be the future of food. Now, the insect farming industry is collapsing. How the frenzy over farming insects for food went bust.

"All told, shuttered insect farming startups account for almost half of all investment into the industry," writes @kennytorrella.bsky.social for @vox.com:

Bird Flu Virus Might Resist Fever, Study in Mice Finds A study in mice finds avian flu shares trait with the viruses behind some of the worst pandemics, but more research in humans is needed.

A study in mice finds avian flu shares trait with the viruses behind some of the worst pandemics, but more research in humans is needed.

Event graphic for the Food and Farming Journalism Network event, Reporting on Food Sovereignty and Underserved Farmers March 26, 6PM ET

How can we report with — not on — underserved farming communities and cover local food sovereignty stories with authority? Join @uprootproject.bsky.social’s Iris M. Crawford-Maskell and @angelymercado.bsky.social for this discussion by joining the Food and Farming Journalism Network: buff.ly/5cMAgKd

Hawai’i Coral Reefs Lose Chance at Legal Personhood Rooted in indigenous stewardship, the NANI Act would have joined a growing movement to grant ecosystems inherent legal rights.

Rooted in indigenous stewardship, the NANI Act would have joined a growing movement to grant ecosystems inherent legal rights.

Key Iowa Swing Districts in U.S. House Could Hinge on Water Quality and Cancer Concerns In a new poll, 82% of Iowa voters want their elected official to protect clean water and cut pollution from industrial agriculture.

In a new poll, 82% of Iowa voters want their elected official to protect clean water and cut pollution from industrial agriculture.

‘You Feel Like You’re Marked’: Salvadoran Workers at Tyson Foods Face Risks Due to Work Permit Delays Longtime poultry plant workers are left uncertain and fearing job loss amid Tyson Foods’ confusion over immigrant Temporary Protected Status — despite their legal right to work.

“You feel like you’re marked, that you’re already isolated, like ‘Look at that guy, they’re going to throw him out. He’s going to have to leave,’” says one Tyson employee.
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New Colorado Bill Aims to Change How We ‘Depopulate’ Chickens As bird flu cases surge, Colorado lawmakers target the practice of killing poultry birds by heatstroke.

As bird flu cases begin to surge again, a proposed bill in Colorado is renewing scrutiny of the industry’s practices for sick or infected flocks.

Minnesota Asks the Public Whether Groundwater Rule Is Enough to Curb Farm Fertilizer Pollution, Following Lawsuit Officials seek public input as critics say current rule has failed to reduce nitrate pollution.

Minnesota officials seek public input as critics say the state's current rule to prevent agricultural nitrate pollution has failed to curb water contamination. @epayne.bsky.social reports:

‘You Feel Like You’re Marked’: Salvadoran Workers at Tyson Foods Face Risks Due to Work Permit Delays Longtime poultry plant workers are left uncertain and fearing job loss amid Tyson Foods’ confusion over immigrant Temporary Protected Status — despite their legal right to work.

For decades, Salvadorans with Temporary Protected Status have worked at Tyson Foods processing plants in Springdale, Arkansas. Now, they fear their jobs are in jeopardy, despite their legal right to work. @greymoran.bsky.social reports:

New Colorado Bill Aims to Change How We ‘Depopulate’ Chickens As bird flu cases surge, Colorado lawmakers target the practice of killing poultry birds by heatstroke.

“It’s really no different than locking a family pet inside a hot car until they die,” says Zack Strong, a director and senior attorney at @awionline.org.

Why Is There Soy in Practically Everything? If you’re avoiding tofu and soy milk, you’re still probably eating more soy than you think.

You may be eating much more soy than you know, and there’s nothing wrong with that.

The real reason all of your eggs still aren’t cage-free Blame...your local grocery store?

According to pledges made by many of the country’s largest food companies, most of the 94 billion eggs sold each year in America were supposed to be cage-free by now. What happened? @kennytorrella.bsky.social reports for @vox.com:

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Senate Finally OKs Plant-Based Milk in Public Schools A newly-passed Senate bill would remove the federal restriction on serving non-dairy milks in school lunches.

Since this story, President Trump has signed the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act into law. This will include non-dairy milks. You can read our most recent reporting on this here:

The Government Wants You to Eat Real Food. But What Does That Actually Mean? If industrialized processing is a marker for ‘not real’ food, how can industrialized meat fall under the designation of ‘real’?

If industrialized processing is a marker for ‘not real’ food, how can industrialized meat fall under the designation of ‘real’?

Americans ditched veal. What replaced it may be just as bad. The giant loophole that lets Big Dairy keep baby cows in solitary confinement

"The dairy business is, at bottom, organized around the hyper-optimization and commodification of one of life’s most intimate processes: pregnancy, birth, lactation," writes @mbolotnikova.bsky.social for @vox.com:

Factory farms produce a staggering amount of manure. But despite strict regulations in place to keep that waste from contaminating waterways, many of these companies can make manure pollution legally invisible.
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Meat Processing Plant Complaint Highlights Supply Chain Disruptions — And How the Meat Industry Isn’t Prepared Supply chain disruptions may be on the rise throughout the industry for a host of reasons, including weather, labor issues and cybersecurity threats.

Supply chain disruptions may be on the rise throughout the industry for a host of reasons, including weather, labor issues and cybersecurity threats.

New Colorado Bill Aims to Change How We ‘Depopulate’ Chickens As bird flu cases surge, Colorado lawmakers target the practice of killing poultry birds by heatstroke.

As bird flu cases surge, Colorado lawmakers target the practice of killing poultry birds by heatstroke. Sophie Kevany reports:

Key Iowa Swing Districts in U.S. House Could Hinge on Water Quality and Cancer Concerns In a new poll, 82% of Iowa voters want their elected official to protect clean water and cut pollution from industrial agriculture.

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A river in Iowa. Text reads: 82% of Iowa voters in key swing districts (IA-01 and IA-03) say they want a candidate who will prioritize clean water, including by cutting industrial agricultural pollution.

An Iowa poll conducted by Global Strategy Group found that 82% of voters polled are more likely to support a candidate who makes protecting clean water a top priority — including by cutting industrial agriculture pollution.

Get the Climate News Task Force newsletter bundle Twelve climate newsrooms joined forces in 2025 to create the Climate News Task Force, to increase and improve climate journalism collaborations and innovate new solutions to current challenges.

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Bird Flu Cases Are Surging in 2026. What Does It Mean? Millions of birds have been exposed to the avian flu virus since the beginning of January alone.

According to the CDC, avian flu has a mortality rate of 90-100% in chicken, but currently, there is no treatment or vaccine widely available for it in the U.S. What are we doing to fight the virus?

West Hollywood Committed to Plant-Based Food. Here’s What That Looks Like So Far In the absence of federal leadership on climate emissions from food, US cities are stepping up.

While federal leadership shows no signs to shift policy towards eating more plants to mitigate climate change, organizations like Plant Based Treaty and cities like @wehocity.bsky.social are stepping up.