Report: agriculture runoff is leading cause of water pollution in the …
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USDA deregulates GM wheat, says it is safe to grow in U.S.
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The rotten secret plaguing America’s grocery stores
Jun 6, 2024 · Suggitt argues that measurement and data reporting has increased since Molidor’s reports. Some of that comes from consumer demand that brands be more transparent; some of that comes from regulatory pressure, such as the Securities and Exchange Commission’s proposal to increase what companies have to disclose when it comes to climate change impacts.
This app set out to fight pesticides. Once VC stepped in, the app ...
Oct 24, 2024 · Before 2013, many Silicon Valley investors were wary of agritech, the name given to the application of advanced technologies and computing to agriculture.Farming is more complex and fragmented than other sectors of the economy, in part due to the uncertainties of weather, environmental pressures, global markets, and local policies.
Project 2025 plan for USDA: Repeal crop subsidies, move SNAP to …
Jul 7, 2024 · In a second term as president, Donald Trump would seek repeal of crop subsidy and export promotion programs, make farmers pay more for crop insurance, and move all of USDA’s public nutrition programs, including SNAP and school lunch, to the Department of Health and Human Services if he follows the advice of Project 2025, written…
Tyson plant closures left contract chicken farmers with debt and ...
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Growing tobacco in the United States no longer makes sense
Feb 15, 2024 · In March 2003, a North Carolina tobacco farmer named Dwight Watson drove his tractor all the way north to Washington, D.C., parked it in the middle of the pond in an area called Constitution Gardens, and began a two-day standoff, during which he threatened to blow himself up and made references to another standoff at Ruby Ridge.The American flag above his …
Hot Farm | Food and Environment Reporting Network
Episode 2: Enlisting the Unconvinced. The majority of American farmers don’t believe man-made climate change is real. In this episode, producer Dana Cronin introduces us to some statistically typical American farmers—older, white, male—who grow corn and soybeans.
FERN’s Friday Feed: The weeds are winning
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Tom Colicchio: A chef’s journey - Food and Environment …
Nov 16, 2023 · After graduation, I couldn’t see myself going to college, but one of my father’s friends, who did refrigeration and air conditioning for restaurants, told me about this cooking school called the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, about two hours north of New York City. If I really wanted to be a chef, he said, maybe I should look into that.