The House Proposed a New Farm Bill. This Will Affect Your Life—Even if You’re Not a Farmer.
What’s on the table: weakened climate funding, props to factory farms, cuts to SNAP and what you can do about it.
Unsubscribe? FarmTok Worries About a TikTok Ban
With a ban on TikTok looming, many farmers, ranchers and producers are worried about how they’ll continue to connect with audiences.
$9 Butter? Canadian Redditors Say No Thank You
Subscribers to a Reddit thread organized a national boycott of grocery mega-chain Loblaws that grew into a community movement to promote farmer’s markets and local food.
A comprehensive round-up of USDA initiatives aiming to restore bison herds to Native American communities.
Opinion: Congress Should Standardize Food Labels in Farm Bill to Curb Food Waste
Americans throw out 6.5 million tons of edible food each year. Changing the ‘best by’ labels would fix that.
On the Ground With the Schools Learning What It Takes To Improve Lunch Menus
Here’s how four trailblazing school districts are gaining traction, from getting buy-in from kids to upping creativity in the kitchen.
Holding onto Farmland, One Conservation Easement at a Time
Across the United States, the land of retiring farmers and ranchers is getting bought up by developers eager to subdivide it. Land trusts may be the solution to the farm loss problem.
How to Be a Food Policy Advocate in Your Community
Food policy experts offer simple steps that anyone can take to create positive change.
Opinion: To Make a Real Impact on Climate Change, We Must Move Beyond the Carbon Footprint
Focusing on just one emissions metric minimizes all the other benefits of actions like urban agriculture.
