Food + Politics
Tractor leaves a rising bar graph in the field.
Should we forgive student loans for farmers?
Tractor leaves a rising bar graph in the field.
09.10.2019
by Jessica Fu
A senior woman shopping with her daughter at a grocery store
Wisconsin, Texas, Washington among states to be hit hardest by Trump’s new food stamp restrictions
A senior woman shopping with her daughter at a grocery store
09.05.2019
by Jessica Fu
Monsanto HQ
Newly released emails reveal how Monsanto conspired to discredit its critics
Monsanto HQ
08.27.2019
by Sam Bloch
Sonny Perdue
USDA’s research employees were just offered drastically reduced buyouts
Sonny Perdue
08.22.2019
by Jesse Hirsch
Photo of ICE agents overlaid across poultry worker's face.
She blew the whistle on Koch Foods. This little-known visa kept her from being deported by ICE
Photo of ICE agents overlaid across poultry worker's face.
08.21.2019
by Sam Bloch
Bumble bee pollinating a flower.
Trump administration further weakens the Endangered Species Act
Bumble bee pollinating a flower.
08.12.2019
by Jesse Hirsch
Kansas City skyline.
USDA announces teleworking option for ERS and NIFA researchers through 2019
Kansas City skyline.
08.12.2019
by Jessica Fu
An Homeland Security Investigations agent and a poultry slaughterhouse worker during an ICE raid.
ICE raids seven Mississippi chicken plants, in the largest single-state action in agency history
An Homeland Security Investigations agent and a poultry slaughterhouse worker during an ICE raid.
08.08.2019
by Sam Bloch
A petri dish containing E. coli atop a close-up of minced meat.
Scientists say many UTIs are caused by E. coli in food—when will the government believe them?
A petri dish containing E. coli atop a close-up of minced meat.
08.07.2019
by Jessica McKenzie