The nation’s largest nutrition education program helped millions of low-income Americans make healthier food choices.
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Posted inPolitics
What’s Wrong with the FDA?
The FDA and the Biden administration’s nominee for commissioner, Robert Califf, are both deeply flawed.
Posted inEconomy, Featured, Political Animal, The Monopolized Economy
USDA Food Box Program Provides Cautionary Tale About Contracts to Lowest Bidders
A program to aid the food insecure became a boon to big agribusiness.
Posted inFeatured, Political Animal, Politics
Farmers’ Market: A Sketchy Scheme to Reduce Rural Greenhouse Emissions
A coalition of Big Ag, Republicans, Democrats, and some environmental organizations is pushing so-called carbon capture markets to stem climate change. But family farm groups see lots of problems.
Posted inEconomy, Featured, Political Animal, The Monopolized Economy
Milking Profits: The Dairy Monopolies That Are Hurting Farmers
Born of a noble idea, dairy cooperatives let farmers join forces to get a good price for their milk and stand up to powerful interests. Now the coops are powerful, huge, and squeezing the farmers that ostensibly own them.
Posted inFeatured, Political Animal, Politics
How Democrats Can Start to Protect America’s Food
The Trump administration refuses to fix our broken supply chain. It’s time for some congressional oversight.
Posted inRepublic 3.0
The Assault on Food Stamps Is Misguided
SNAP benefits set a gold standard for accountability and serve as a crucial lifeline for millions of families.
Posted inEconomy, Featured
Americans Could Face Bigger Grocery Bills to Pay for Trump’s Wall
This isn’t a recipe to ‘Make America Great Again.’
Posted inBooks, Economy, Magazine, September/October 2016, The Monopolized Economy
Made from Concentrate
Four companies decide what meat you eat, two choose what milk you buy, and soon only one will determine what beer you drink. Are we all fine with that?
Posted inEconomy, Government, January/February 2016, Magazine, The Monopolized Economy
Lettuce Pray
A consolidated food industry brings you salad and chicken nuggets cheaper—and spreads deadly food-borne pathogens farther.
