Food Policy

a farmer stares at windmills on his farm as he thinks about climate change and regenerative agriculture

An Unlikely Alliance of Farm and Environmental Groups Takes on Climate Change

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11.20.20

overhead view of a salmon farm aquaculture operation in norway

The Continued Fight over Farming the Oceans

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11.09.20

a weathered silo with a US flag painted on it

How Four Years of Trump Reshaped Food and Farming

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11.02.20

Will Hsu (left), with his father Paul, harvesting Ginseng. (Photo courtesy of Hsu Ginseng Enterprise)

Bailouts Not Enough to Keep Ginseng Farmers in Wisconsin Afloat

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10.28.20

Registering a new Latinx voter in Iowa.

Get Out the Vote Efforts in Farm Country Are Reaching Young, Latinx, and Rural Voters

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10.27.20

Two happy pigs running around outside without a gestation crate in sight.

Could Crate-Free Pork Become the New Industry Standard?

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10.26.20

A child eating fresh produce. Photo courtesy of USDA.

Nutrition Education is Helping Low-Income Families Eat Healthier

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10.20.20

Nicole Virgil in her backyard garden.

Without a ‘Right to Garden’ Law, It May Be Illegal to Grow Your Own Food

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10.16.20

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