The USDA Canceled $300 Million in Farm Grants, Citing Fraud. Did It Make Up the Evidence?

This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. Leah Atwood was rattled. It was the tail end of March, and for days she and her colleagues at Agroecology Commons had been fielding dozens of emails alerting them to grant terminations targeting a $300 million U.S. Department of Agriculture program. One after another, within a single week, 49 of the 50 grantees received notices from the USDA, Read More