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Wisconsin Judge Pauses Debt Relief For Black, Disadvantaged Farmers

As part of the American Rescue Plan, Congress pledged $4 billion in debt relief to... (more)

Dan Nosowitz
June 14, 2021
The Final Days of Foie Gras?

The European Union this week took a small but significant step toward banning the production... (more)

Josh Voorhees
June 11, 2021
EPA to Reverse Trump-Era Clean Water Deregulation

On Wednesday, the EPA chief, Michael Regan, announced that the Biden administration will formally repeal... (more)

Dan Nosowitz
June 10, 2021
A Group of Indigenous Fishermen Want to Take the Government of Canada...

Cody Caplin is frustrated. The Indigenous fisherman catches lobster, salmon and smelt in the waters... (more)

Emily Baron Cadloff
June 10, 2021
Bill Would Reveal Race, Gender of Those Receiving Farm Subsidies

The USDA has a long and upsetting history of discrimination against farmers of color. One... (more)

Dan Nosowitz
June 9, 2021
USDA to Invest Billions to Fix Food Supply Chain Disruptions

One almost universal effect that COVID-19 had on industries and society as a whole was... (more)

Dan Nosowitz
June 8, 2021
Brazilian Government May Start Paying Farmers to Conserve Land

Under President Jair Bolsonaro, deforestation rates have increased by most measures in Brazil. But recent... (more)

Dan Nosowitz
June 4, 2021
What’s in Biden’s 2022 Budget Proposal for Agriculture?

Last week, the Biden administration released its first annual budget proposal.  The proposal for 2022,... (more)

Dan Nosowitz
June 2, 2021
Farmers in India Have Been Protesting for 6 Months, Have They Made...

This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. For six... (more)

Surinder S. Jodhka
June 1, 2021