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Navigating the FDA’s Food Safety Maze

Complying with new regulations that previously governed only meat, dairy, eggs, and processed foods threatens... (more)

Brian Barth
September 20, 2017
The Killing Fields

A deadly kidney disease is ravaging the rice-growing regions of Sri Lanka. Are synthetic fertilizers... (more)

Brian Barth
July 31, 2017
May Food Policy Round-Up: Obama Talks Agriculture, Sonny Perdue Gets Busy, and...

In which the former president unbuttons his shirt to talk food policy.

Brian Barth
May 9, 2017
Happy Cesar Chavez Day! 12 Vintage Photos from Historic Farm Labor Protests

Farm workers still don't have adequate labor rights, but thanks to more than a century... (more)

Brian Barth
March 31, 2017
The High Cost of Cheap Labor

There's a crisis brewing in our fields, and it's about to get much, much worse.

Brian Barth
February 21, 2017
Former Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue nominated as USDA Secretary

The likely future head of the USDA is the son of a farmer who currently... (more)

Brian Barth
January 19, 2017
If Trump Builds the Wall, What Will Happen to our Food System?

Let us count the reasons why Trump's attitude on immigration isn't just half-baked, it's an... (more)

Brian Barth
January 10, 2017
Food, Politics & the Election: 5 New Developments this Month

There have been plenty of political rumblings in the food world lately.

Brian Barth
September 28, 2016
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