The Eastern Shore of Virginia is the southern-most tip of the Delmarva Peninsula, a hunk of land under joint custody of Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia. The Virginia portion is a serrated slice ...

By Theodore Ross It was a good day at the old FERN HQ yesterday (i.e. our Slack channel) when we learned that eight of our articles were nominated for James Beard media awards in four ...

The Food & Environment Reporting Network is the first independent, non-profit news organization that produces in-depth and investigative journalism in the critically under-reported areas of food, ...

The first time I met Alex Paul he wore a stylish patterned shirt and a wide smile. Paul, an immigrant from Haiti, came to the U.S. in the summer of 2023 and got a job at Amick ...

An immigration raid twenty years ago transformed the workforce at U.S. meatpacking plants. Under Trump, the consequences of that shift are becoming painfully clear.