Waning oversight and unenforced regulations are undermining America’s food supply and hurting the people who harvest it. 

In this live Q&A, ProPublica members are invited to learn more about what’s happening on America’s farms and where regulations are failing to keep workers and consumers safe. 

Our reporters have been tracking how federal staffing reductions and budget cuts are impacting food safety at home and abroad. Our stories have also exposed how regulators have failed to stop extreme and rampant abuses workers suffer on America’s farms, from stolen wages and unsafe work conditions to threats of deportation, assault and even death. And our newsroom has gone to great lengths to ensure that those stories reach the workers most impacted by the conditions we chronicled.

Join us as reporters Annie Waldman, Max Blau and Melissa Sanchez delve into their reporting on the state of America’s food system: the health risks, labor conditions and lack of accountability behind the food we eat. 

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Inside the Big Story is a quarterly event series for ProPublica members that spotlights different aspects of our newsroom, and the many that hands go into each story, to give members a deeper sense of what their membership dollars help support. 

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