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The life and times of “The People’s Department.”

America’s food safety system failed to stop a salmonella epidemic. It’s still making people sick.

11.09.2021
Bernice Yeung + Michael Grabell + Irena Hwang + Mollie Simon, ProPublica
The pandemic disrupted Americans’ access to food. Not everybody suffered equally.
10.28.2021
by Amanda Pérez Pintado, Investigate Midwest/Report for America + Madison McVan
After a last-ditch lawsuit is filed in Texas, Black farmers wait to learn the fate of USDA’s imperiled debt relief program
10.26.2021
by Safiya Charles
Critics say it’s time to stop using the term “food deserts”
09.16.2021
by Lela Nargi
Biden administration announces $600 aid payments to meatpacking and farm workers
09.08.2021
by H. Claire Brown + Matthew Sedacca
USDA announces biggest SNAP benefits increase in program history
08.16.2021
by Jessica Fu
What’s the visual symbol for ‘pasture-raised’ meat? There isn’t one—yet.
08.10.2021
by Michael Waters
GRAPHIC: Big commercial farms got 10x more government assistance than family farms
07.30.2021
by Luis Velazquez
A consolidated meatpacking market leaves ranchers struggling
07.27.2021
by Mary Hennigan
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