Peter Medlin

Student membership in the agriculture organization FFA is at an all-time high, yet the average age of farmers is rising and there are fewer farms in the U.S. than ever before. What do these shifting populations say about the future of agriculture?

Over 100 billion pounds of food goes to waste every year in America. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm to Food Bank is trying to cut down on that waste by connecting local farmers and food pantries, but it’s future depends on how much funding is included for the program in the next farm bill.

Smaller schools try to offer as much as they can as enrollment dwindles. And many are realizing that, to meet their needs, they’re going to have to share.

Many wonder what the state of teaching in Illinois after the height of the coronavirus pandemic. A new report by Advance Illinois tackles that question and more.

Last year, the Department of the Interior released a report about Federal Indian Boarding Schools in the U.S. What is their legacy in Illinois?

Illinois students will soon have to learn Native American history. But Native American students say it needs to be more than about the past.