The Future of Factory Farming: Barack Obama and the "Rural Agenda"
If elected, Obama promised, he would convene a major national summit on rural issues within 100 days of taking office. Across the country, rural activists held their breath.
If elected, Obama promised, he would convene a major national summit on rural issues within 100 days of taking office. Across the country, rural activists held their breath.
Samuel S. Epstein | Posted 11.06.2009 | Living
Increased levels of sex hormones in U.S. beef are linked to the escalating incidence of reproductive cancers in the U.S. since 1975.
David Kirby | Posted 11.05.2009 | Living
Though it would appear that people can infect pigs with H1N1, it is not clear whether live pigs can infect people. For now, officials are far more worried about the former than the latter.
Paula Crossfield | Posted 11.03.2009 | Green
A year after Obama's election, advocates hoping for deep improvements in our food system can point to only a few successes, while other policies that could lead to food insecurity are brewing in back rooms.
AP | LINDSEY TANNER | Posted 11.02.2009 | Politics
CHICAGO — Nearly half of all U.S. children and 90 percent of black youngsters will be on food stamps at some point during childhood, and fallout...
AP | BEN DOBBIN | Posted 11.02.2009 | Business
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Contaminated fresh ground beef caused a possible E. coli outbreak that killed two people and sent 16 others to hospitals, fede...
Sarah Newman | Posted 10.29.2009 | Green
It's disappointing that the Obama Administration is not providing the visionary leadership on agriculture, like it is in some many other policy areas.
Rebecca Gerendasy | Posted 10.30.2009 | Green
According to the latest (2007) USDA Census data compiled by the National Agriculture Statistics Service, roughly 4 million family farms have been lost since the 1930's.
Wayne Pacelle | Posted 10.26.2009 | Green
The public no longer wants a combination of financial bailouts and government deregulation. But Congress and the U.S.D.A. never seem to have gotten the memo when it comes to Big Agribusiness, especially the pork industry.
David Becker | Posted 10.24.2009 | Green
"President Obama has pledged to end childhood hunger by 2015." Talk about an ambitious goal!
DailyFinance | Dan Burrows | Posted 10.15.2009 | Business
If there's any silver lining to a recession -- albeit a thin one -- it's that consumer prices typically go down. Make no mistake, deflation is a sign ...
Jeffrey Smith | Posted 10.14.2009 | Green
It is clear to the experts that the current generation of GMOs do not live up to the hype continuously broadcast by biotech companies and their promotional East Coast wing--the federal government.
Paula Crossfield | Posted 10.07.2009 | Green
Rachel Maddow continues her work pulling back the layers of American politics to expose underhanded and manipulative lobbying tactics to the public.
The New York Times | Michael Moss | Posted 10.04.2009 | Green
Stephanie Smith, a children's dance instructor, thought she had a stomach virus. The aches and cramping were tolerable that firstday, and she finished...
Colorado Daily. | Colorado Daily | Posted 09.23.2009 | Home
A federal judge has overturned USDA approval of the genetically engineered sugar beets that caused an uproar in Boulder County earlier this year....
Daily Camera | Daily Camera | Posted 09.24.2009 | Home
A federal judge has overturned USDA approval of the genetically engineered sugar beets that caused an uproar in Boulder County earlier this year....
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...
Samuel S. Epstein | Posted 09.17.2009 | Living
There are no warnings whatsoever on cosmetics and personal care products. Yet their ingredients pose unrecognized lifelong dangers to the entire U.S. population.
Rob Smart | Posted 09.16.2009 | Business
Early pioneers of the sustainable food movement, with dirt on their hands, lessons learned and progress made, have played a critical role in blazing trails for new ventures.
Samuel Fromartz | Posted 09.16.2009 | Green
I don't usually get calls from the deputy secretary of the USDA, but there Kathleen Merrigan was on the phone. She talked about the Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food campaign that launched this week.
Grist | Posted 09.11.2009 | Green
I think the potential is enormous, especially in formerly industrial cities, where the big factories are not going to come back, but there are large t...
Deborah Lehmann | Posted 11.09.2009 | Green
It's time to bring the school lunch program back to its roots. This year's child nutrition reauthorization provides an enormous opportunity to overhaul school food and teach students healthy eating habits that will last a lifetime.
Wayne Pacelle | Posted 10.19.2009 | Green
Our government actually bails out the pork industry when it overproduces and buys up volumes of surplus pork, typically by dumping these surplus commodities into our nation's schools and food programs.
AP | BETSY TAYLOR | Posted 09.04.2009 | Business
ST. LOUIS — It's no secret that raising children can be expensive, but how about nearly a quarter of a million dollars expensive? A government ...
Rob Smart | Posted 08.27.2009 | Green
It is hard to understand how a handful of companies have amassed so much control over food ingredients found in an estimated 75 percent of processed foods in America's supermarkets.
David Kirby | Posted 11.10.2009 | Living