Jan 22, 2025 · For its first hearing of the new Congress, the Senate Agriculture Committee invited the leaders of the country’s biggest farm groups to Capitol Hill to share their perspectives on …

Jul 22, 2024 · As of March 2024, the most recent month for which data is available, more than 301,000 farms had close to 25 million acres enrolled in CRP; that’s a lot of acreage, but it …

Jan 8, 2025 · One of the key components of the final spending package was a second one-year extension of the 2018 Farm Bill, the country’s most important piece of food and farm …

Aug 28, 2024 · Project 2025, the right-wing playbook for the executive branch, has gained feverish political attention in recent weeks as a central talking point of Vice President Kamala …

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Jan 14, 2025 · Cara Nixon is a writer based in Portland, Oregon. Her work has appeared in The Oregonian, EdSource, and The Progressive, and is often inspired by her rural upbringing in …

Nov 5, 2024 · Before he was appointed head of Utah’s Department of Natural Resources, Joel Ferry was a full-time farmer—and a very good one. “I was the top ‘Young Farmer and …

The Department of Labor (DOL) today announced that the country’s largest meatpacker, JBS USA (whose parent company, JBS, is the largest global meat company), has agreed to pay $4 …

Aug 27, 2024 · Since 1990, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the agency responsible for ensuring food contact materials are safe, approved at least 347 voluntary manufacturer …

Jan 13, 2025 · Rebekah Denn, a two-time winner of the James Beard Award, writes about food for several local and national publications.