Food Policy

Hot Food Bar With Variety Of Dishes

3 States Moving to Make More SNAP Recipients Eligible for Hot Meals

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01.21.20

depressed farmer standing outside his barn, looking sad and hoping for smarter policy solutions

New Meatpacker Rules Won’t Support or Protect Farmers

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01.17.20

School Food Waste photo by G Witteveen on Flickr.

A New Bill Aims to Fix Food Waste in Schools

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01.16.20

cattle in a cafo feedlot

Public Health Experts Support a Ban on CAFOs. New Polling Suggests the Public Does, Too

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12.17.19

spraying a dandelion weed with glyphosate

Community-Led Efforts to Ban Glyphosate in Public Spaces Pick up Speed

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12.17.19

Aerial view of deforestation to make land for farming in Brazil

Does a Loophole in Organic Standards Encourage Deforestation?

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12.16.19

Cory Booker in silhouette. Photo CC-licensed by Sean Davis

Will 2020 Mark the Rise of a Vegan Voting Bloc?

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11.14.19

worried farmer standing in his farm field

Government Bailouts Are the Only Thing Bringing Farm Incomes Up

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11.13.19

Japanese Beef cattle. Photo by japanexterna.se

As Beef Comes Under Fire for Climate Impacts, the Industry Fights Back

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11.08.19

Farmer Abbie Corse and her two sons. Photo by Amy Overstreet.

I’m a Farmer and a Mother. Both Roles Should be Valued More

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10.30.19

a row of meat products in a supermarket (CC-licensed by Raysonho on Wikimedia Commons.)

Restricting Plant-Based “Meat” Labels Won’t Save the Meat Industry

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10.18.19

A farmer walking through a wheat field in the sunset

The World Food Prize Should Help Farmers Fight Climate Change

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10.17.19

Jason Grimm feeds his chickens on his farm, Grimm Family Farm, near North English, Iowa. (USDA photo by Preston Keres)

How States are Helping Farmers Adopt Sustainable Practices

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10.16.19

Man shopping at a food bank to fight food insecurity and hunger.

‘They Go to Work, Come Back, and Starve.’ Why Immigrant Families Are Avoiding Food Assistance

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10.14.19

Ranchers Emery Birdwell and Deborah Clark on the Birdwell Clark Ranch in Texas. (Photo credit: USDA NRCS)

Ranchers Denounce Corporate Control over Cattle Markets

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10.11.19

Geese photo by Amit Talwar on Unsplash

Could New York City End Foie Gras Production in the U.S.?

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10.01.19

Triumph Foods pork processing facility April 28, 2017. The facility houses 2,800 employees in St. Joseph, Mo. USDA photo by Preston Keres

The Food System Needs Whistleblowers, Too

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09.30.19

Gail Taylor on her D.C. urban farm. (Photo © Lise Metzger.)

The Woman Leading the Way for Urban Farming in the Nation’s Capital

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09.26.19