Pennsylvania Turns To Man's Best Friend To Sniff Out Spotted Lanternfly Infestation Spotted lanternflies are beautiful but can exact a huge toll on agriculture. To help reduce their numbers, the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture started a canine lanternfly-tracking program. Caroline Gutman
How to hunt a 'murder hornet': Washington scientists capture and tag invasive bug Scientists from the Washington Department of Agriculture have successfully captured and tagged a giant Asian hornet. Next comes an attempt to eradicate their nest, before they start preying on local honey bees. Esmy Jimenez
How The USDA's Food Box Initiative Overpaid And Underdelivered The Trump Administration has been buying food from farmers and getting it to food banks. Food banks, however, say the program was not set up to deliver food efficiently. Dan Charles
How Absentee Landlords Keep Farmers From Protecting Water And Soil America's vast fields of corn and soybeans have displaced wildlife and polluted waterways. Farmers could help solve those problems, but often don't, in part because they rent that land. Dan Charles
Farmworkers face ‘a myriad of indignities’ during pandemic ‘It is about workers feeling that finally it is made really clear that their lives don't matter’ Andy Hurst
The cost of a strawberry: Overtime battle for Washington's farm workers Strawberry season doesn’t mean strawberry shortcake or strawberry jam for Ana. It means long days bent nearly double to snap ripe strawberries from where they grow, near the ground. “You have to lean over a lot to pick strawberries,” she said. “So of course everything hurts: your legs, your back--everything.” Eilís O'Neill
A 'perfect storm' in Yakima County puts residents on edge A report from the Washington county with the highest rate of Covid-19 infections Enrique Perez de la Rosa
Seattle Now: No lentils for you The pandemic is throwing a wrench in the agriculture system that takes food from the field to your local grocery store. We dive into why you might be seeing empty shelves at the supermarket, and the effect Covid-19 is having on farm workers. Clare McGrane
Vertical farming tries to bring crops to urban consumers in Seattle region In a Kirkland QFC, herbs and greens are growing inside what looks like a big refrigerator lit with soft purple light. Eilís O'Neill
Canoeing to work: Floods bring chaos, renewal to Snoqualmie Valley The Snoqualmie Valley typically gets about one major flood each winter. So far this season, there have been five. John Ryan
