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The agency announced this week it would prevent taxpayer dollars from going to build solar panels on farmland.
Government-run, nonprofit grocery systems can better respond to food-price inflation, corporate consolidation, and inequality ...
Unauthorized workers account for at least 25 percent of all agricultural workers in the country and about 42 percent of crop ...
While the Make America Health Again movement supports alternative farming, few of Trump’s policies promote healthy ...
Incubator farms have helped refugees grow food and launch businesses. Budget cuts are forcing these programs are being forced ...
August 15, 2025 – Democrats on the House Agriculture Committee sent Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins an eight-page ...
The agency notified federal union leaders this week that it will terminate contracts for thousands of employees. Unions say reductions in staff will threaten food safety.
August 15, 2025 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has moved to cancel contracts with union employees at its food safety and animal health inspection agencies, which union leaders say will ...
August 15, 2025 – Democrats on the House Agriculture Committee sent Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins an eight-page letter on Wednesday, asking for more information about her plan to ...
August 13, 2025 — Ultra-processed foods still make up over half the calories consumed by Americans, even as the rates have declined in recent years, according to a report published this week by the ...