Items Tagged with 'Food Supply'

In this opinion piece, Former Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman discusses the impact of proposed staff cuts. 

In this opinion piece, Dave Puglia, the president and CEO of Western Growers, argues that the nation's food production is vulnerable to indiscriminate immigration sweeps amid congressional inaction on H-2A reforms.

In this opinion piece, Britt Groosman, vice president of agriculture, water, and food for the Environmental Defense Fund, says we owe it to farmers, ranchers, and families to get food production ready for a world that’s getting hotter.

In this opinion piece, Blake Hurst, a Missouri farmer, lays out what's at stake for U.S. agriculture and Ag Secretary-designate Brooke Rollins in the new administration.

In this opinion piece, Rep. Mike Flood, R-Neb., calls on Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to use the COP29 climate conference to push back against efforts by anti-meat activists to reduce global meat consumption.

In this opinion piece, Rep. David Valadao highlights the devastating impact natural disasters have had on the ag industry over the last year and the importance of ensuring producers have timely access to relief.

In this opinion piece, Kasey Cronquist, president of the North American Blueberry Council, says the East Coast port strike caused problems for the blueberry sector and consumers despite being suspended. 

In this joint opinion piece, Kip Tom and Nicole Montna Van Vleck, chair and vice chair of U.S. Agriculture Partnership Fund's board of directors, highlight local ballot issues that could have far-reaching, negative impacts on agriculture. 

In this opinion piece, former U.S. Senator and Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns criticizes legislation recently introduced in Congress that he contends would give foreign entities the power to bring frivolous patent lawsuits that threaten the use of advanced agricultural technology by family farmers.

In this opinion piece, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack stresses that biosecurity is the key to limiting the spread of H5N1 and says USDA is developing a program to compensate producers with infected dairy herds.