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...
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.
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.
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 ...
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.
What's clear from the new USDA numbers is how quickly the U.S. food supply is changing, whether we eaters like it or not.
There is debate brewing around the integrity of the term "organic," fueled by the growing list of products approved by the National Organic Standards Board, that consist of non-organic substances.
Writing in 2005, I concluded Organic, Inc. by saying I didn't think organic food would be more than a niche in the overall food market and that the factions within it might well blow it apart. Sadly, in the midst of a deep recession, both assertions seem to be playing out.
Though it protects our environment, the EPA does not understand the unique challenges faced by farmers. The USDA is in a much better position to help them address climate change.
Many students are ashamed to be singled out as eating free or reduced-price meals. Congress must vote to make school meals universal and provide free meals to all students at eligible schools.
As head of the Food and Drug Administration, Dr. David A. Kessler served two presidents and battled Congress and Big Tobacco. But the Harvard-educated...
While millions still die of smoking related illness every year, it's not too late to lift the veil from Big Food, and in doing so, save lives and public health for years to come.
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.
Robbie Kenner didn't mean to make a horror film when he started working on Food, Inc.. But you can't shine a light on our food chain without exposing some ugly truths.
We've been blaming consumers for their desire to eat lots of meat as an excuse for the unsafe and inhumane practices at CAFOs, which contribute to environmental degradation, our healthcare crisis and impact the safety of our food.
Farmers will have three weeks to apply for $50 million in land stewardship funding to help pay the cost of converting to organic production, said the ...
Until we start celebrating earth with a small "e" everyday, all the compact fluorescent light bulbs and reusable shopping bags and hybrid cars and stainless steel water bottles in the world won't cut it.
It seems that the FDA done did it again! Or didn't do it... what they're supposed be doing, that is, mainly regulate and prevent widespread contamination of our food supply from harmful microbes and bacteria.
The development of the USDA National Organic Standard in place of differing state/regional standards was widely predicted to accelerate trends of incr...
What a difference a few months make. Advocates of sustainable agriculture are now ecstatic about President Obama's decision to appoint Kathleen Merrig...
No, Gillibrand and Aubertine aren't lobbying for the Corn Refiners Association -- they are pushing for local food.
Throughout the past six years, I have felt terribly guilty about the drugs and procedures I've undergone because I know that so many animals have suffered in their development.
As record numbers of Americans apply for food stamps and trickle into the nation's already-strapped food banks, it seems like community gardens should be a high priority.
The Department of Agriculture recently released its long-gestating definition of "naturally raised" meat. Previously, the word "natural" had been ill-...
RENO, Nev. — Conservationists argue in a new report that U.S. taxpayers should stop subsidizing a $100 million program that kills more than 1 mi...
