Food Policy

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

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