Food Policy

farmer spraying pesticides on his farm with a safety mask on

California’s Pesticide Regulators Are Supposed to Consider Safer Alternatives. Many Don’t.

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03.20.19
Dairy economics illustration by Lily Qian for Edible Manhattan

The Dairy Crisis is Hurting Organic and Grassfed Farms in New York

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03.13.19
Chapel’s Country Creamery farm owner Holly Foster in Easton, MD pours milk curd of fresh raw milk. (USDA photo by Bob Nichols)

Could the Raw Milk Boom Be a Lifeline for Struggling Farmers?

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03.12.19
dairy farmer walking his cows into the milking shed

Can This Radical Approach to Dairies Save US Farms?

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03.11.19
author timothy wise and his book, "eating tomorrow"

How Farm Policy and Big Ag Impact Farmers in the U.S. and Abroad

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03.07.19
farmer harvesting corn

Fixing our Food System—and Reviving Rural America—Means Breaking Up Big Ag

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02.28.19
Kate Greenberg, Colorado Department of Agriculture Commissioner

Meet Kate Greenberg, Colorado’s New Commissioner of Agriculture

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02.11.19
Rep. Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Ed Markey during the introduction of the Green New Deal resolutions.

What the New Green Deal Means for the Food on Your Plate

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02.07.19
Jeanie Alderson with her cows

Montana Ranchers are Kicking Up Dust to Bring Back Country of Origin Labels on Meat

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02.07.19
dairy farmer holding a milk jug in the barn with cows

A ‘Common Food Policy’ Offers a Guide to a More Sustainable Food System in Europe. Could It Be a Model for the U.S.?

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02.06.19
Gorazd Trušnovec, a professional beekeeper in Ljubljana, tends to the beehives on the balcony of the offices of the prime minister of Slovenia

What the U.S. Could Learn From Slovenia About Protecting Bees

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02.04.19
a chart showing the seed industry monopoly in 2018

The Sobering Details Behind the Latest Seed Monopoly Chart

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01.11.19
eric holt-gimenez and the cover of his new book, can we feed the world without destroying it

Feeding the World Without Destroying It

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01.10.19
Farmer drives a combine in Midwest grain field to harvest mature corn. Photo by Phil Rozenski, Shiloh, IL

As a New Congress Takes Office, it’s Time to Hit the Pause Button on Big Ag Mergers

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01.04.19
Campesinos Working in Tlalquiltenango, Morelos, Mexico. (Photo credit: Joseph Sorrentino / iStock)

Why Food Insecurity Is a Global Farmworker Issue

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12.21.18
North Dakota farmer Gabe Brown (left) discusses how he can improve soil health, a focal point of any climate risk management plan, with Jay Fuhrer of the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service. (Photo by Scott Bauer)

Farmers Know Climate Change is Real. Will the Feds Help Them Adapt?

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12.18.18
students receiving school lunch in a cafeteria

Making Healthy School Lunches Free for All Should Be a National Priority

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12.14.18
a rainbow over a farm and barn

Despite Small Wins, the New Farm Bill is a Failure of Imagination

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12.13.18