https://www.mgcafe.uky.edu/research/capacity-funding
Capacity Funding | Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment
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https://thefern.org/blog_posts/
Blog Posts | Food and Environment Reporting Network
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https://thefern.org/special-series/trouble-on-the-line/
Trouble On The Line | Food and Environment Reporting Network
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https://thefern.org/staff/
FERN Staff | Food and Environment Reporting Network
Theodore Ross (he/him)is Editor-in-Chief. He is an editor, writer, and television producer with more than 20 years of experience at national publications…
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https://thefern.org/author/brian-barth/
Brian Barth | Food and Environment Reporting Network
Brian Barth is a freelance journalist based in the Bay Area. He has written for the New Yorker, National Geographic, and the Washington Post…
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https://www.mgcafe.uky.edu/about
About Us | Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment
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https://www.mgcafe.uky.edu/research/directory
Meet Our Research Team | Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment
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https://thefern.org/what-we-do/
What We Do | Food and Environment Reporting Network
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https://thefern.org/category/climate-change-and-drought/
Climate Change | Food and Environment Reporting Network
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https://thefern.org/partners/nation/
The Nation | Food and Environment Reporting Network
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https://www.mgcafe.uky.edu/academics/programs
Programs | Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment
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https://thefern.org/privacy-policy/
Privacy Policy | Food and Environment Reporting Network
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https://thefern.org/donate/
Donate to FERN: Help us keep digging | Food and Environment Reporting Network
FERN brings audiences, outlets, and information together with powerful storytelling and information. “‘The precedent is Flint’: How Oregon’s data center boom...
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https://thefern.org/
Food and Environment Reporting Network | Independent. Investigative. Nonprofit.
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https://www.unwater.org/news/iwmi-report-financing-water-energy-food-and-environment
IWMI report on financing for water, energy, food and environment | UN-Water
Apr 6, 2026 - The report – “Water financing: scaling up finance to the Water, Energy, Food and Environment (WEFE) Nexus” – explains that while financing for climate, nature,...
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https://www.mgcafe.uky.edu/academics/admissions
Admissions | Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment
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https://www.inrae.fr/en
INRAE: research for Agriculture, Food and Environment
INRAE is a public research institute working for the coherent and sustainable development of agriculture, food and the environment.
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https://thefern.org/podcasts/forked/
Forked – Food and Environment Reporting Network
FORKED takes on the politics and policy that are turning the American food system on its head. Every two weeks, hosts Theodore Ross (FERN editor-in-chief) and...
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https://www.mgcafe.uky.edu/about/departments-units
Departments + Units | Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment
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https://thefern.org/talks-eats/
FERN Talks & Eats: Provocative conversation, delicious food | Food and Environment Reporting Network
FERN tells great stories. Stories with bite. Stories with drama. Stories that make a difference. We dig deeply into the facts about our food and into what…
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Stay in the Loop! Join the FERN Newsletter | Food and Environment Reporting Network
Drugs for livestock, or fruit for your table? Fracking, fishing or food stamps? We can’t tell you yet where FERN investigations will take us next – but we can…
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https://www.mgcafe.uky.edu/academics/visit-connect
Visit + Connect | Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment
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https://thefern.org/2025/01/at-a-colorado-meatpacking-plant-a-vulnerable-workforce-braces-for-trump-2-0/
At Colorado meatpacking plant, a vulnerable workforce braces for Trump 2.0 | Food and Environment...
Sep 16, 2025 - President Donald Trump returns to the White House and has vowed to deport millions of immigrants and refugees as one of his first tasks. If he does…
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https://thefern.org/podcast/buzzkill-episode-6-a-post-pollinator-world/
Buzzkill Episode 6: A post-pollinator world – Food and Environment Reporting Network
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Alumni + Giving | Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment
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https://thefern.org/category/international/
International Reporting | Food and Environment Reporting Network
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Data Access Request | Food and Environment Reporting Network
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https://thefern.org/2024/06/the-rotten-secret-plaguing-americas-grocery-stores/
The rotten secret plaguing America’s grocery stores | Food and Environment Reporting Network
Jun 6, 2024 - We live on a planet where people still die of starvation, and yet we continue to waste so much food. It’s a problem, for sustenance but also for the...
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https://thefern.org/partners/
Become a Media Partner | Food and Environment Reporting Network
We have worked with dozens of print, online, and broadcast outlets–all listed below–and are open to forging new partnerships. Our stories are local…
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Food and Environment Archives | Earth Day
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Teresa Cotsirilos | Food and Environment Reporting Network
Teresa Cotsirilos is a Staff Writer and Producer at FERN, where she covers food systems, labor, and climate change in the Western US. Her work has been…
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https://thefern.org/work-with-us/jobs/
Jobs | Food and Environment Reporting Network
We have no openings at this time.
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Faculty + Staff Honors | Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment
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https://www.mgcafe.uky.edu/academics/scholarships-financial-aid
Scholarships + Financial Aid | Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment
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Become a Supporter | Food and Environment Reporting Network
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Directory | People at Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment
Find contact information for all employees of the Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment, including Cooperative Extension staff, in one...
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https://www.mgcafe.uky.edu/research/impact
Research Impact | Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment
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Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment
Our land-grant mission areas—teaching, research and extension—play a unique role in serving the Commonwealth. We equip students with the skills to solve...
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https://thefern.org/category/antibiotics/
Antibiotics | Food and Environment Reporting Network
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Our Infographics | Food and Environment Reporting Network
FERN often collaborates on producing data visualizations to accompany our stories. Below are all of the infographics we have produced to date.
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https://thefern.org/podcasts/hot-farm/
Hot Farm – Food and Environment Reporting Network
Winner of the Institute for Nonprofit News 2022 Insight Award for Explanatory Journalism. Climate change is coming for your food. In the American Heartland,...
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Terms of Use | Food and Environment Reporting Network
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Code of Ethics | Food and Environment Reporting Network
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https://thefern.org/2026/03/how-white-south-africans-are-reshaping-the-mississippi-delta/
How White South Africans are Reshaping the Mississippi Delta | Food and Environment Reporting...
Mar 16, 2026 - Nick Ramsden, a farmer from Pretoria, South Africa, spent a long Thursday in July driving an eighteen-wheeler along a three-mile loop at the Nelson-King Farms…
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https://www.mgcafe.uky.edu/research/farms-facilities
Farms + Facilities | Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment
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https://thefern.org/2025/03/immigrants-on-the-line-2/
Immigrants on the line | Food and Environment Reporting Network
Jan 20, 2026 - In early December 2023, through a scrim of swirling flurries, Mackenson Remy steered his minivan past an open gate in the security fence surrounding a gray…
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https://www.mgcafe.uky.edu/academics/advising-student-services
Advising + Student Services | Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment
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Research Resources | Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment
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https://www.mgcafe.uky.edu/events
Events | Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment
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Career Resources | Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment
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https://thefern.org/2026/02/everyone-in-washington-wants-to-reform-agricultures-main-visa-program/
Everyone in Washington wants to ‘reform’ agriculture’s main visa program | Food and Environment...
Feb 17, 2026 - Shortly after Gustavo started working as a sheepherder in Cokeville, Wyoming, he says his boss took his passport. Over the years that followed…
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https://thefern.org/podcasts/buzzkill/
Buzzkill – Food and Environment Reporting Network
The American bumblebee was once the most common bee species in the United States. Its numbers have declined by 90 percent in the last two decades. The problem...
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Giving | Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment
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https://thefern.org/our-reporters/
Our Reporters | Food and Environment Reporting Network
Our reporters are experts at covering food, agriculture and environmental health. If you are interested in writing for us, you can find out more here.
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FERN Board | Food and Environment Reporting Network
Nat Brown is a former Senior Software Architect at Microsoft where he had also served as a programmer and manager, eventually launching the XBox console...
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https://www.mgcafe.uky.edu/alumni-giving/martin-gatton-cafe-alumni-association
Martin-Gatton CAFE Alumni Association | Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment
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