Better Immigration Laws Could Help Lower Food Prices
The Senate is considering legislation that would improve the visa program for temporary agricultural workers and help relieve labor shortages that push food prices higher.
Agriculture
New York City Sued Over Illegal Foie Gras Ban
Hudson Valley foie gras producers are not taking New York City's guff sitting down.
Britain Finally Relaxes GMO Rules, but Advocates Want More Deregulation
New GMO rules are a good break from the E.U., but they don't go far enough.
California's Terrible Price-Gouging Law Puts Markets at Mercy of Ambitious Prosecutors
Higher egg prices are not a crisis in the middle of a pandemic full of supply problems.
Supreme Court Takes Up California's Attempt To Control How Other States' Farmers Treat Pigs
Do California's rules violate the dormant commerce clause?
Connecticut Should Let Small Farmers Slaughter Their Rabbits on Their Farms
A cost-efficient and humane method for processing rabbit meat is preferable to the state's current system.
How Drug Cartels and Federal Import Restrictions May Cancel Your Guacamole Plans
Almost all of America’s avocados come from a single Mexican state. A threatening message threw it into disarray.
The Real-World Conflicts in Yellowstone Can Be Solved by Markets, Not Drama
Media elites ignore the heartland-themed show, and the real issues behind it, at their own peril.
Backyard Chickens Make Headway in Iowa, Stall Out in New York
Fowl regulations are improving in some places, ruffling feathers in others.
It's Time To Kill the Mandatory Beef Tax That Underwrites "Beef, It's What's for Dinner"
The beef checkoff problem raises prices without benefiting ranchers
Environmentalists Pan Unintended Environmental Consequences of Flawed Agricultural Laws
Here and abroad, laws and policies meant to protect sustainability aren't delivering and cost a fortune.
Memphis Gave IKEA $9.5 Million While Several Smaller Furniture Stores Went Under
Corporate welfare hurts the people who actually need help.
Author Steven Johnson on the Good News of the Century
Innovations in epidemiological statistics, artificial fertilizer, toilets, sanitation systems, and vaccines have allowed billions of people to flourish until old age.
California Court Rules Vegan Creamery Has First Amendment Right To Call Products 'Butter' and 'Cheese'
Who thought it was a good idea to give the government control over marketing?
Maine Voters To Decide on Constitutional 'Right to Food'
Language regarding seed exchanges could violate contracts.
Manufactured Meats Coming to a Grocery Store Near You Next Year?
The process uses 99 percent less land and 96 percent less freshwater than traditional meat production.
Corporations Are Getting Rich off Government Aid
"I don't understand why money is leaving my pocket and going into the pocket of somebody who is wealthy."
The Government Is Making Us Fat and Susceptible to Viruses
The vast majority of hospitalized COVID-19 patients are overweight. Why won’t the government stop subsidizing junk food?
Food Freedom Is Coming To Colorado
The state legislature and Gov. Jared Polis are unshackling local ranchers and consumers.
A California Law Allows Union Organizers To Invade Farms Without Permission. This Lawsuit Wants To Change That.
The Supreme Court will decide if the rule violates property rights.
Tom Vilsack Is the Wrong Person To Lead the Department of Agriculture
Joe Biden’s choice for agriculture secretary is more of the same.
Joe Biden Should Think Twice About Cracking Down on Meat-Processing Plants
Requiring meatpackers to pandemic-proof their facilities will have unintended consequences.
Food Issues That Should've Been Front and Center in the 2020 Presidential Election
Food industry workers and wonks make their case for agricultural and food industry reforms.
New Biotech Photosynthesis Hacks Would Boost Crop Yields by 50 Percent or More
Growing more food on less acreage means more land for nature.
Congress Considers Dueling Meat Bills To Meet Demand and Foster Food Resiliency
Three bills are on the table, but only one of them promises to unshackle small and independent ranchers.
Canada's Largest Province Grapples with Food Rules During COVID-19
Ontario has added new protections for agricultural workers and relaxed restaurant regulations.
Jersey City Is Growing Leafy Greens for $17 Per Pound to Give Away for 'Free'
The city will spend close to $1 million building vertical gardens to provide produce for its healthy eating programs.
China Is Not Coming Close To Meeting Its Import Goals Under the 'Phase One' Trade Deal
That's probably because those goals were always completely unrealistic. Less than six months after the deal was signed, it's already coming apart.
Is Record USDA Farm Aid Another Permanent 'Temporary Solution'?
Most of the money will go to the wealthiest agriculture businesses.
The WHO Is Right To Reject Calls To Ban So-Called 'Wet Markets'
Wet markets should be made safer, not driven underground.
To Stanch COVID-19 Meat Crisis, Let Small Farmers Sell Meat to Local Grocers
The ability of Americans to buy meat in grocery stores is at risk due to serious supply-chain issues caused by COVID-19.
Federal Red Tape Is Keeping Local Meat Processors From Helping Fix Our Supply Problem
A renewed push to pass the PRIME Act picks up steam as COVID-19 leaves us all asking “Where’s the beef?”
It's Possible To Cut Cropland Use in Half and Produce the Same Amount of Food, Says New Study
Restoring up to 2.2 million square miles to nature
New Wyoming Law Lets Local Ranchers Sell Cuts of Meat Directly to Consumers
Wyoming’s first-and-best-in-the-nation food freedom law just keeps getting better.
COVID-19 Immigration Restrictions Make Labor and Food Shortages a Real Possibility
We need to be careful, but we also need people to bring food from fields to our tables
Impossible Foods: Capitalism Is the Most Powerful Lever To Fight Climate Change
Impossible Foods says that animal agriculture is a leading cause of climate change. Instead of trying to pass laws to ban meat, it's providing tasty, plant-based alternatives.
Trump's Agriculture Department Just Called Bull on a Key Part of His China Trade Deal
Instead of $12.5 billion in new agriculture purchases exports to China this year, the USDA expects less than $4 billion.
Undercover Animal Rights Investigation Snares Iowa State Senator Who Sponsored State's Unconstitutional Ag-Gag Law
If you think the worse thing you can do to a pig is kill it, footage from Rozenboom's farm will disabuse you of that notion.
Nonprofit Sues Overzealous Texas Regulators To Protect Small Farmers
Texas is ignoring federal law to harass small farms.
Bipartisan House Agriculture Bill Is a Win for Both Farmers and Immigrants
The reform could help formalize immigrant farm labor.
Chinese Researchers Are Trying To Edit Pigs' Genes To Resist Disease
Can they do it fast enough to stop the African swine fever apocalypse?
The Nation's Biggest Dairy Is Failing Despite Relentless Government Intervention
Government has tilted the scales in milk's favor for so long that dairies forgot how to compete.
Why Raw Butter Producers Are Suing the FDA
Raw butterists are understandably salty about a prohibition on interstate commerce.
Can Vegetarianism Stop Climate Change?
Eating meat doesn't have as big of an impact on the environment as you've been told.
