A support group and a lab in the St. Louis area provide resources for people with the allergy to mammal products — and evidence that its effects can be reversed.
Queering the family farm: Despite obstacles, LGBTQ farmers find fertile ground in Midwest | By Bennet Goldstein, Wisconsin Watch -- Dec. 26, 2022 Plus, read Bennet's essay about how reporting this story changed his perceptions about the heartland's queer community and his own place in it.
The Desk is off to the races for 2023. Our reporters completed big stories over the holidays, and we're already busy planning our next projects – on issues like sludge fertilizer, threats to drinking water, carbon pipelines and the possibility of shipping water from the Mississippi River basin to the drought-stricken West.
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Farmers endured a rough year, but fertilizer companies cashed in By Mónica Cordero, Investigate Midwest -- December 22, 2022 What is the Farm Bill? Here’s what you need to know ahead of 2023 negotiations By Brittney J. Miller, The Gazette -- Jan. 1, 2023Road salts wash into Mississippi River, damaging ecosystems and pipes By Madeline Heim, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel -- Jan. 11, 2023An aerial view of broken wetlands sinking into coastal waters in Plaquemines Parish, south Louisiana.
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Photo credits | Coburn Dukehart, Wisconsin Watch; Emily Kestel for Investigate Midwest; Darrell Hoemann, Investigate Midwest; Angela Peterson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; Kezia Setyawan, WWNO-New Orleans Public Radio; Anthony Souffle, Star Tribune. Header image by NOAA.
