Department of Agriculture

Women Farmers in the Developing World

Dan Silverstein | Posted 11.10.2009 | World


Dan Silverstein

In Sub-Saharan Africa, 80% of agricultural workers are women. According to the World Bank,They raise 90% of the food, but receive only 10% of credit extended for agricultural loans.

VIDEO: Vote Against Corporate Agribusiness

Bob Cesca | Posted 11.02.2009 | Green


Bob Cesca

Issue 2 will amend Ohio's state constitution to create a small regulatory panel to oversee all of Ohio's livestock. Corporate agribusinesses love the idea, but family farms will be crushed.

Big Barack Bummer

Sarah Newman | Posted 10.29.2009 | Green


Sarah Newman

It's disappointing that the Obama Administration is not providing the visionary leadership on agriculture, like it is in some many other policy areas.

USDA Mortgages: Zero-Down Government Loans Called "Subprime Beef"

BusinessWeek | Mara Der Hovanesian | Posted 09.22.2009 | Business


Builders and lenders are dusting off a familiar pitch: mortgages with $0 down and 100% financing. The deals, which take advantage of a little-known lo...

My Life with Public Health Care

Richard Allen Smith | Posted 11.08.2009 | Politics


Richard Allen Smith

I look back on my almost 25-year-long life of being treated by public health care, and am honestly insulted by the misinformation that comes from anti-reformers.

US Agriculture Interests Split Over Energy Bill

AP | MARGERY A. GIBBS | Posted 10.17.2009 | Green


OMAHA, Neb. — Climate change legislation before Congress could be an economic godsend to farmers and ranchers. Or it could be an enormous financ...

Stimulus Has Millions In Spending On Actual Pork, Ham

New York Post | GEOFF EARLE | Posted 08.21.2009 | Business


Millions of dollars for pork. No, we mean actual pork. The NY Post reports today that the government is going on a stimulus spending "deli run," with ...

Recovery.gov Description FAIL

Jake Brewer | Posted 08.20.2009 | Politics


Jake Brewer

Read as stated, this description leads one to believe that the U.S. government spent nearly $1.2M for 2 pounds of ham ...sliced.

Stimulus Numbers: Transparent, Yes. Intelligible? No.

ProPublica | Posted 07.17.2009 | Business


ProPublica

One of our goals for tracking the $787 billion stimulus package is figuring out how much each federal agency is actually spending -- something that's trickier than it sounds.

Something to Chu On

Brian Keane | Posted 02.15.2009 | Green


Brian Keane

To be sure, the nomination of Steven Chu -- like almost all of the Obama appointments -- represents a striking and hopeful departure from the approach we've seen under President Bush.

Abusive Slaughterhouse Billed $67 Million For Recall

AP | Posted 04.18.2008 | Business


CHINO, Calif. — The federal government said Thursday it has billed a California slaughterhouse more than $67 million for expenses associated wit...

USDA Orders Nation's Largest Beef Recall

AP | GREG RISLING | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


LOS ANGELES — The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Sunday ordered the recall of 143 million pounds of frozen beef from a California slaughterho...

CA Slaughterhouse Zaps Cows Too Weak To Stand

Washington Post | Rick Weiss | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Video footage being released today shows workers at a California slaughterhouse delivering repeated electric shocks to cows too sick or weak to stand ...