Harshawn Ratanpal
Environmental Impact ReporterHarshawn Ratanpal is a Report for America corps member and reports on agriculture and the environment for KBIA and the Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk.
Write to him at harshawnratanpal@gmail.com
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Who was held accountable for the hazardous powder left near the town of Berger, Missouri? -
Children, homeless people and even city officials entered the Berger building unaware they were inhaling toxic dust. -
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Sandblasting material used to strip paint was trucked 500 miles or more to a remote warehouse near the Missouri River. -
KBIA's Harshawn Ratanpal and The Beacon's Ceilidh Kern discuss their new investigative series Dumped in Berger. -
Food banks across the country bid for donations on Feeding America's "Choice System," which replaced a less efficient system that used an algorithm to distribute food. -
Advocacy group People Not Politicians has until mid-December to collect more than 100,000 signatures across six of Missouri’s eight congressional districts. The lawsuit may help decide whether 90,000 collected in September and early October are valid. -
Crop insurance provides some coverage for some farmers, but can often be an obstacle to sustainability.
