A Key Agriculture Census Doesn’t Reflect Reality, Researcher Warns

A small group of GOP lawmakers says rollbacks of state animal welfare laws, like California’s Proposition 12, should be excluded from any upcoming farm bill.

In Maine, Maryland, and beyond, the industry is using a well-worn playbook to slow legislators’ attempts to get forever chemicals out of food and water.

A New York City nonprofit provides weekly groceries and hot meals to Asian elders, building its own supply chains and invigorating Asian-owned restaurants, grocery stores, and farms.

Cheap imported shrimp, environmental degradation, and rising fuel costs are collapsing the seafood economy in the Mississippi Delta. Locals say government intervention and consumer support could change that.

The critically important legislation got another last-minute extension in December, but farmers, advocates, and eaters alike all want to know what the new year will bring for ag policy.

A 2022 Civil Eats investigation found that a budget rider that prohibits OSHA from spending money to ​regulate small farms leaves most animal-ag operations without oversight. Lawmakers appear poised to renew the rider once again.

Due to cuts by the USDA, Agroecology Commons will offer fewer services to fewer aspiring farmers from underserved communities.