Food Policy

Neftalí Durán picking produce at a farm. Photo courtesy of Neftalí Durán

Neftalí Durán is Using Indigenous Wisdom to Educate Eaters and Address Inequity

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09.25.20

joe biden speaking about climate change and agriculture. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

In a Year of Climate Reckoning, Where Does Joe Biden Stand on Climate and Agriculture?

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09.21.20

marion nestle and the cover of her new book, let's ask marion

Marion Nestle Imagines an ‘Enlightened’ Approach to National Food Policy

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09.04.20

A group of young farmers or beginning farmers walking through their field in the early morning

Want More New Farmers on the Land? Give Landowners a Tax Break.

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08.20.20

a worker importing wheat that has been certified under usda organic standards

USDA Moves Forward with Sweeping Plans to Prevent Fraud in Organics

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08.17.20

young people pull processed food out of a box of online snap orders

COVID Brought SNAP Users Online. Advocates Say Mega-Retailers Are Selling Them Junk Food

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07.23.20

Dr Rattan Lal holding a cup of grain. Photo courtesy of the World Food Prize.

The World Food Prize Winner Says Soil Should Have Rights

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07.15.20

a collage of three different home chefs and home cooks who work as MEHKOs

It’s Now Legal for Home Chefs in California to Sell Meals. Will More Cities Get on Board?

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06.30.20

A Montgomery County (Maryland) Public Schools worker helps distribute bags of donated food as part of a program to feed children while schools are closed due to the coronavirus. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

As School Meal Programs Go Broke, a Renewed Call for Universal Free Lunch

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06.29.20

A man cooks food in a restaurant kitchen. Photo credit: One Fair Wage.

One Fair Wage Wants to Help Reopen Restaurants—and Change How They Pay Workers

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06.19.20

Stacking pallets of USDA Farm Boxes at the Common Market warehouse in Georgia. (Photo by Emma Rolader for The Common Market)

How Food Hubs and Co-Ops Are Overcoming the USDA Farm Box Program’s Flaws

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06.11.20

Marsha Habib working in a farm field

Millions of Dollars Heading to Farmers, but Small Farms Won’t See Much of it

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06.01.20

congressional candidate J.D. Scholten standing next to his campaign bus. Photo courtesy of Scholten for Congress.

J.D. Scholten Wants to Transform Midwestern Farm Politics

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05.18.20

a woman shops at a farmers market using food assistance funds during the coronavirus pandemic

Op-ed: With Food Insecurity on the Rise, Nutrition Incentives Should Be More Equitable

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05.14.20

parent and child shopping for fresh produce while wearing masks and using pandemic ebt funds

States Are Embracing Extra Funds from Pandemic EBT to Cover Missing School Meals

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05.04.20

The Riverview Dairy Digester in Pixley, California. It receives manure from roughly 3,000 milk cows, plus replacement stock. (Photo courtesy of Maas Energy Works)

Are Dairy Digesters the Renewable Energy Answer or a ‘False Solution’ to Climate Change?

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04.24.20

Rancher inspecting is pastured cattle. USDA Photo by Lance Cheung.

With Their Livelihoods Under Threat, Livestock Producers Pin their Hopes on Labeling

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04.16.20

Food safety inspection at a meat processing facility.

Critical Food and Farm Rules Have Been Rolled Back Amid Pandemic

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04.14.20