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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Thursday, September 26, 2024
Going to the grocery store has become a parallel experience to reading political opinions online – half truths, emotional visuals, and the ability to exist in an echo chamber only interacting with others just like you.
This week, the Senate Committee on Agriculture will discuss the past and future direction of the Farm Bill’s forestry and conservation tools and how they apply to family forest owners.
When President Trump sent his Fiscal Year 2018 budget proposal to Congress on May 23, 2017, folks on Capitol Hill pretty much declared it dead on arrival.
Despite low unemployment rates, many Americans are still struggling to rebound from the Great Recession of 2008, and they continue to face far too many barriers to economic success.
I read with interest last month’s Washington Post article about shipments of corn and soybeans from Turkey that arrived in the United States labeled organic, but that clearly were not.
USDA and FDA proposals to regulate genetically engineered (GE) plants and animals following the recent update of the regulatory framework are on their websites awaiting public comment by 19 June 2017.
At a time when the new administration is proposing substantial cuts to federal funding for working lands ...it is more important than ever that we do not lose sight of this core fact: voluntary conservation works.