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Author: Debbie Weingarten

Debbie Weingarten is a former farmer and a James Beard Award-nominated writer and editor based in Tucson, Arizona.

Co-published with High Country NewsMinnesota’s Riverview Dairy has deep pockets and long straws.

Co-published with The GuardianA collapse in the number of dairy farmers in states such as Minnesota is destroying livelihoods and hollowing out rural life.

Co-published with In These Times. The government’s online food assistance program doesn’t include independent grocers and ignores the gaps in rural infrastructure.

Co-published with The Guardian. At a time when local newspapers are disappearing, the loss of a radio station leaves a community with another cultural and informational …

Co-published with The Guardian. Sugarcane farmers can’t survive without large crop loans. For the Provosts, who say they suffered decades of discrimination, this could be the …

Co-published with The GuardianAfter the Guardian and EHRP published a piece about the record number of farmers who are killing themselves, there were hundreds of …

Co-published with The Guardian. The suicide rate for farmers is more than double that of veterans. Former farmer Debbie Weingarten gives an insider’s perspective on farm life …

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