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  • The GOAT Blog

    Thumbs up for Wyo's wind tax

    It could put wind on par with fossil fuels in the nation's energy colony

    by Jonathan Thompson, Feb 25, 2010

  • Go west, fruit picker

    Disappearing jobs in the hard-hit apple orchards of eastern Washington have led to a flood of displaced migrant workers moving west toward Seattle.

    by Mason Adams, Dec 03, 2001
  • The GOAT Blog

    The cost of progress

    Five extraordinary women tested for seventy-five peculiar toxins.

    by Jeff Chen, May 07, 2009

  • Plowing under the fields of shame

    Rebecca Clarren talks to migrant farmworker women about a threat they face every day in the fields: sexual harassment and assault by coworkers and bosses.

    by Rebecca Clarren, Apr 14, 2008

  • Climate cash-in

    Western farmers and ranchers using progressive land-management techniques can make a few bucks from the new carbon market – but some critics say it won’t lead to any real reduction in carbon emissions.

    by Stephanie Paige Ogburn, May 26, 2008
  • Left in the lurch

    Left in the lurch

    The recent expiration of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act has left western Oregon counties without funds.

    by Andrea Appleton, Jul 31, 2008
  • The GOAT Blog

    set categories

    by Emily Steinmetz, Jul 19, 2008

  • Field Day

    In some Western states, including Colorado, prison inmates are taking the place of immigrant farmworkers.

    by Marty Durlin, Oct 10, 2008

  • Organics and biofuels bring independence

    More Montana farmers are starting to raise oilseed crops and produce their own biofuels to save on energy costs

    by Sam Western, Dec 26, 2005
  • The GOAT Blog

    Outlawed...

    Organic farmers?

    by Jeff Chen, Mar 26, 2009
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