
Skyler Rossi
Editor, Harvest Public MediaI edit stories about food, agriculture and rural communities for Harvest Public Media. I’m based in Columbia, Missouri. I strive to make news about food production relevant for consumers and connect the dots of how climate impacts agriculture and agriculture impacts the environment.
I began my career telling stories about startup founders and small business owners, focusing on people tackling hard-to-solve challenges in the middle of the U.S. Most recently, I was an editor at Missouri Business Alert, where I covered and edited state business news and trained journalism students at the University of Missouri School of Journalism.
I have degrees in journalism and English from the University of Missouri-Columbia. I'm also working on a Master of Business Administration. Email me at SkylerRossi@kcur.org
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Bird flu has killed millions of hens in recent weeks, shrinking the supply of eggs and hiking up prices at grocery stores.
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The new strategy aims to pinpoint where bird flu exists in the U.S. and halt its spread. There have been hundreds of cases in cattle and dozens in humans.
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Missouri's 2025 state budget includes less than a third of the federal funding the state received for Resilient Food Systems Infrastructure Program grants. More than a dozen producers with selected projects are without funding for now.
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Raw milk continues to grow in popularity, despite bird flu in dairy cattle bringing increased scrutiny from health experts.
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Congress ended mandatory labeling for pork and beef in 2015. Now some livestock groups want to see labeling requirements included in the upcoming farm bill that would make it clear where livestock was born, raised and slaughtered.
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It’s been an above-average spring for tornadoes and other severe storms in the Midwest and Great Plains. Experts say a big reason is that weather conditions were ripe for tornado-forming storms.
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After voters legalized recreational marijuana in November 2022, dispensaries licensed to sell medical products began selling to anyone over the age of 21 in February 2023. The state also rolled out the first round of a new social equity license program, which has posed some hurdles.
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The Missouri cannabis business will grow if Missouri voters approve recreational marijuana. Those already working within the medical marijuana industry will have an advantage.
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Now that Missouri has enacted a law prohibiting almost all abortions, and after seeing the overwhelming support for abortion rights in Kansas, activists may look at their own ballot measure to amend the state constitution.
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The nonprofit GORC Gravity has already helped six small Missouri communities that formerly leaned on mining, such as Ironton and Steelville, transform undeveloped hills into mountain bike parks and trail systems.