Four Things You Should Know About Our Food System
Food doesn’t just come from a grocery store. Millions of farmers spend their lives producing the crops and raising the livestock that we eat and use.So it makes sense: If you’re interested in what’s on...
View ArticleStates' Rebellion Against Food Stamp Cuts Grows
When Congress passed a farm bill earlier this year, it expected to save $8.6 billion over 10 years by tightening what many say is a loophole in the food stamp, or SNAP, program.
View Article'Hot' Oregon Blueberry Fight Prompts Farm Bill Changes
American consumers are becoming increasingly concerned about the working conditions of the people who pick, pack and harvest their food. And retailers are responding. Wal-Mart is now paying Florida...
View ArticleColorado Hemp Growers Begin Historic Planting Season
An historic planting of Colorado’s first state regulated industrial hemp crop is underway. More than 70 applications to grow the towering cousin of marijuana have come in to the Colorado Department of...
View ArticleEgg Law Latest Battleground In Animal Welfare Fight
By most measures, David Kesten's hens are living the good life.
View ArticleStates' Rebellion Against Food Stamp Cuts Grows
When Congress passed a farm bill earlier this year, it expected to save $8.6 billion over 10 years by tightening what many say is a loophole in the food stamp, or SNAP, program.
View Article'Hot' Oregon Blueberry Fight Prompts Farm Bill Changes
American consumers are becoming increasingly concerned about the working conditions of the people who pick, pack and harvest their food. And retailers are responding. Wal-Mart is now paying Florida...
View ArticleFour Things You Should Know About Our Food System
Food doesn’t just come from a grocery store. Millions of farmers spend their lives producing the crops and raising the livestock that we eat and use.So it makes sense: If you’re interested in what’s on...
View ArticleColorado Hemp Growers Begin Historic Planting Season
An historic planting of Colorado’s first state regulated industrial hemp crop is underway. More than 70 applications to grow the towering cousin of marijuana have come in to the Colorado Department of...
View ArticleForget Knee-High, Colorado’s Hemp Crop Is Waist-High By The Fourth Of July
An old saying among farmers is that you want your corn to be “knee-high by the Fourth of July.” That adage doesn’t necessarily apply to Colorado’s newest cash crop: industrial hemp. Unsurprisingly,...
View ArticleLobbyists Of All Kinds Flock To Farm Bill
When U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow announced passage of the Farm Bill in February, she echoed a refrain from a car commercial.“This is not your father’s Farm Bill,” she said.
View ArticleOut Of Public Eye, A Bitter Farm Bill Fight
The “who” part of the Farm Bill is pretty clear.With trillions dollars of government spending up for grabs, lobbyists from all ends of the spectrum – representing environmental interests, biotech...
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