Food Policy

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
Delivering food to a commercial compost facility. Photo CC-licensed by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency.

Already a Climate Change Leader, California Takes on Food Waste

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12.10.18

Congress Will Likely Legalize Hemp in the Farm Bill. It Should Also Heal the USDA’s History of Discrimination.

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12.07.18
Photo CC-licensed by DC Central Kitchen.

Denver’s New Sales Tax is the First in the Nation to Benefit Kids’ Health

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12.04.18
pollinators on the edge of a field

Hold the Soy, Save the Pollinators

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11.30.18
child drinking a very large soda

New Archive Reveals How the Food Industry Mimics Big Tobacco to Suppress Science, Shape Public Opinion

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11.28.18
tractors driving across a large consolidated farm field

For a New Generation of Farmers, Accessing Land is the First Step Toward Tackling Consolidation

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11.20.18
hand reaching for organic produce at the supermarket

The Organic Food Industry Forges Its Own Path to Expand Growth

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11.14.18
John Lemondes shearing one of his Rambouillet sheep. (Photo © James Bemus.)

This Veteran Learned the Value of American Wool in the Army. Now He’s Raising His Own Sheep.

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11.12.18
Dairy farm photo by Darinburt on Istockphoto.

What’s Behind the Crippling Dairy Crisis? Family Farmers Speak Out.

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11.05.18
Lagoons outside a factory farm in North Carolina. Photo CC-licensed by Waterkeeper Alliance.

A New EPA Rule Would Allow Factory Farms to Avoid Reporting Air Pollution

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11.02.18

From a Family of Farmers, Paulette Jordan Hopes to Be the Nation’s First Native American Governor

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10.26.18