Food Policy

Scott Henry is a partner and business developer for LongView Farms, a grain operation in central Iowa that specializes in seed production. (Photo courtesy of EDF)

Farm Conservation Practices are Profitable. But Will Lenders and Insurers Step Up?

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10.15.18
School lunch photo CC-licensed by Meriwether Lewis Elementary

What Domino’s Pizza in the Cafeteria Says About the State of School Food Reform

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10.10.18
Farmer Kelly Mulville showing climate-smart ranching practices at Paicines Ranch in California. (Photo credit: CalCAN)

How Will California’s Climate Ambitions Reshape Food and Agriculture?

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10.09.18
a damaged farm in north carolina after hurricane florence

After Florence, Small Farmers Face Major Hurdles to Federal Relief

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10.05.18
gabe brown and the dirt to soil book cover

The Trouble with Farm Subsidies

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10.04.18
Detail of the redlined map of Birmingham, Alabama

Birmingham’s ‘Food Deserts’ Have Been Shaped by its Redlined Past

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09.26.18
Mexicans gather at a street corner comal for lunch in the milpa tradition.

Will a New NAFTA Mean Better Food and Health for North Americans?

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09.19.18
graphic of people standing in a food desert

The Hidden Resilience of ‘Food Desert’ Neighborhoods

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09.14.18
Sacramento's Soil Born Farms. (Photo CC-licensed by Annie & John)

Sacramento Is Making Urban Agriculture a Way of Life

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09.12.18
dairy farmer

Is the Second Farm Crisis Upon Us?

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09.10.18
Dan Giusti in a lunchroom. (Photo courtesy of Brigaid)

Brigaid is in the Business of Transforming School Food

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09.04.18
incarcerated person eating prison food

Michigan’s Failed Effort to Privatize Prison Kitchens and the Future of Institutional Food

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08.20.18
Iowa Farm photo CC-licensed by Don Graham

Why the Midwest’s Food System is Failing

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08.03.18
farmers market shopping

A Pioneering Massachusetts Program Helps Low-Income Residents Eat Healthier and Supports Local Farmers

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08.01.18
Cowhands drive the 200-head longhorn herd at the 1,800-acre Lonesome Pine Ranch, a working cattle ranch that is part of the Texas Ranch Life ranch resort near Chappell Hill in Austin County, Texas. (Photo by Carol M. Highsmith / Library of Congress)

Everything’s Bigger in Texas—Except Its Support for Small Farmers

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07.23.18
young child cutting vegetables for salad

Low-Income Americans on SNAP Still Can’t Afford to Eat Healthy

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07.20.18
empty plate on the table

Returning to Life Outside Prison—Without Food on the Table

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07.18.18
the town of Utqiagvik, Alaska

In Alaska, Changes to SNAP Could Spell Disaster

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07.17.18