Amy Mayer
Amy Mayer is a reporter based in Ames. She covers agriculture and is part of the Harvest Public Media collaboration. Amy worked as an independent producer for many years and also previously had stints as weekend news host and reporter at WFCR in Amherst, Massachusetts and as a reporter and host/producer of a weekly call-in health show at KUAC in Fairbanks, Alaska. Amy鈥檚 work has earned awards from SPJ, the Alaska Press Club and the Massachusetts/Rhode Island AP. Her stories have aired on NPR news programs such as Morning Edition, All Things Considered and Weekend Edition and on Only A Game, Marketplace and Living on Earth. She produced the 2011 documentary Peace Corps Voices, which aired in over 160 communities across the country and has written for The New York Times, Boston Globe, Real Simple and other print outlets. Amy served on the board of directors of the Association of Independents in Radio from 2008-2015.
Amy has a bachelor鈥檚 degree in Latin American Studies from Wellesley College and a master鈥檚 degree from the Graduate School of Journalism at the University of California, Berkeley.
Amy鈥檚 favorite public radio program is The World.
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The federal government wants to revamp hog slaughter inspections, proposing changes that were more than 15 years in the works and are being touted as... -
In the coming months, Congress will map out how it鈥檒l spend upwards of $500 billion on food and farm programs over the next five years. The massive... -
As President Donald Trump and Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue made the rounds this week to reiterate their commitment to rural communities and... -
High demand, bird flu and insecticides have all driven prices higher, but there is a sunny side: U.S. producers appear to be increasing the size of their laying flocks, which may push costs down. -
The U.S. Department of Agriculture predicts consumers will be paying less for beef, pork, lamb, chicken and turkey in early 2018 than at the start of... -
Advanced biofuels have been touted as the next step beyond the corn-based ethanol that鈥檚 the bulk of the country鈥檚 renewable fuel for cars and trucks.... -
The U.S. Department of Agriculture will pay out almost $7 billion this year through two safety-net programs that offer farmers some assistance during... -
Updated Nov. 30 with EPA decision 鈥� Midwestern U.S. senators鈥� lobbying campaign paid off Thursday for farmers who supply the renewable fuel industry. -
Many agriculture companies rely on the island's climate for the research and development of commercial corn, soybean and other seeds grown in the U.S. But the storm wiped out needed infrastructure. -
Puerto Rico鈥檚 hot winter days and warm nights have played a key role in the global seed business for more than 30 years. So, the devastation wrought on...
