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Powerful corporate interests are transforming agriculture, leaving rural communities to deal with the consequences: polluted water, lost livelihoods, and environmental risks. Investigate Midwest exists to tell these overlooked stories.
This week, our members-only newsletter, Rooted, features a Q&A with Oklahoma reporter Juan Vassallo on what he’s uncovering and why it matters.
Juan’s reporting is just one part of how we hold power to account. When we say we dig deep, we mean it — sometimes through millions of rows of data.
Our reporters pore over inspection records, government databases, internal documents, and spreadsheets so large they slow down our computers—because that’s where accountability lives.
Take our recent story on grain dust hazards at ADM facilities. To uncover repeated safety failures, our reporter reviewed 15 years of OSHA citations and inspection records — and detailed exactly how they did it, so readers could follow the thread.
This kind of data-driven reporting doesn’t happen overnight. It’s slow, exacting work. It takes time, resources, and support from readers like you.
Right now, we’re in the middle of our summer mini-match campaign. We’re aiming to raise $5,000 by July 31 — and we’ve only raised $1,392 so far. Help us get closer to our goal.
You read our work. You believe in the truth it uncovers. Now’s your chance to support the depth behind it.
With appreciation,
Executive Director, Investigate Midwest
Investigate Midwest is an independent, nonprofit newsroom. Our mission is to serve the public as a watchdog over influential agricultural corporations and institutions through in-depth and data-driven investigative journalism.
