Food Policy

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

quarantine participant receiving home delivery of an online snap order of groceries

What More States Allowing SNAP Recipients to Buy Food Online Means for Food Security

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04.13.20

Restaurant owner stands outside a sign saying they're open during the coronavirus crisis. photo cc-licensed by Tim Dennell.

As Coronavirus Ravages Businesses, Small Farms and Independent Restaurants Rally for Economic Relief

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03.24.20

a family shops for groceries using SNAP and EBT during the coronavirus pandemic

Op-ed: SNAP Could Feed an Economic Recovery During and After the Pandemic

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03.23.20

A volunteer at the at the Houston Food Bank. (USDA photo by Lance Cheung)

Op-ed: Food Workers are on the Frontlines of Coronavirus. They Need Our Support.

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03.20.20

Fast food worker preparing hamburgers and cheeseburgers on the grill.

For Fast Food Workers, Coronavirus Highlights the Need for Paid Sick Leave

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03.18.20

A woman wearing a mask stands in the aisle of a nearly empty grocery store amid a health crisis.

Congress Addresses Food Insecurity in Its Legislative Response to COVID-19

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03.12.20

pigs in a cafo

Inside the Rural Resistance to CAFOs

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03.03.20

Chellie Pingree visiting a farm during a Women in Agriculture event

A Comprehensive New Federal Roadmap for Climate Action on Farms

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02.26.20

Indigenous women mapping land

An Enormous Land Transition is Underway. Here’s How to Make it Just.

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02.24.20

Cattle in an Oklahoma feedlot. (USDA photo by Alice Welch)

Is Trump’s USDA Ready to Address Climate Change?

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02.14.20

Onion Field in New York's Black Dirt Region

New York Farmers Are Struggling to Sell Their Onions. U.S. Lawmakers Want a Trade Investigation

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02.07.20

Gustavo Toledo at Vaqueria Ceiba Del Mar, in Arecibo, Puerto Rico. (USDA photo by Preston Keres)

The Farm Bureau Takes a Step to Shore Up the Struggling Dairy Market

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02.05.20