Xcaret Nuñez covers agriculture and rural communities for KOSU, an NPR affiliate in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Nuñez was a Missouri Statehouse reporter for the Missouri News Network, and has worked at KBIA, the NPR affiliate in Columbia, Missouri, as a reporter, producer and anchor where she covered the community and education beats. A first-generation college graduate, she holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism and a minor in religious studies from the University of Missouri-Columbia. Nuñez is originally from Yuma, Arizona, the Southwest city known as the “Lettuce Capital of the World” and “Sunniest City on Earth.”
Beat: Oklahoma agriculture and rural issues
Agriculture is one of Oklahoma's largest industries. This beat connects the people who are involved in production agriculture and the communities who support the industry to each other. How is the face of rural Oklahoma changing? How will land transfers and land sales affect the future of the family farm? Has legalized cannabis changed traditional agriculture forever?