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

Contractors selected for USDA food box program raise more red flags

05.29.2020
H. Claire Brown
Shorter, warmer winters are killing Georgia peaches. Three new varieties could help fix that.
05.20.2020
by Jessica Fu
Three chickens a second: USDA gives more poultry slaughterhouses green light to speed up processing
04.03.2020
by Jessica Fu
After three years, USDA releases previously hidden animal cruelty records
02.19.2020
by H. Claire Brown
Trump administration plans to tighten work requirements for food stamps, a change that will strip benefits from nearly 700,000 people
12.04.2019
by H. Claire Brown
Nearly 1 million kids will lose automatic free lunch eligibility under USDA’s proposed SNAP changes
10.17.2019
by Jessica Fu
Unions file lawsuit challenging plan to permit faster line speeds in hog slaughterhouses
10.07.2019
by H. Claire Brown
For the third time this year, USDA announces another change to SNAP rules
10.03.2019
by H. Claire Brown
Critics worry about food safety as federal meat inspectors face work overload, burnout
09.20.2019
by Brett Bachman + Samantha Stokes
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