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Missing from the list are a farm labor grant program, two programs important to the organic industry, and others.
Bills introduced over the last ten days touch land access, meat industry concentration, state animal welfare laws, crop insurance, and more.
April 9, 2025 – During a Senate Agriculture Committee hearing to consider Stephen Vaden for the number-two position at the USDA today, senators focused on trade and other issues important in their ...
The agrichemical giant Bayer is lobbying for state and federal laws that would give it legal immunity from claims that ...
By tending taro (kalo) gardens in Portland, a civic club produces food while deepening its connection to Indigenous Hawaiian ...
Republicans tried to make a case for increasing work requirements, while Democrats used the opportunity to rail against deeper cuts to SNAP.
April 7, 2025 – Last week, Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced she was pausing some USDA funding that flows to the Maine Department of Education based on violations of Title IX, the ...