Is America Finally Having Its Raw Milk Moment?
Trump’s RFK Jr. nomination and another rumored cabinet ally may give raw milk legalization its biggest boost yet.
Trump’s RFK Jr. nomination and another rumored cabinet ally may give raw milk legalization its biggest boost yet.
The feds’ focus on large-scale crops hinders the resurgence of heritage grains and results in less food diversity.
Freer markets and property rights protections can be more efficient means to deal with localized food shortages.
Lots of Americans have an intolerance to FODMAPs—the sugars prevalent in garlic, onion, and many other foods.
"The future of our planet depends on how we feed ourselves…and we have a responsibility to look beyond the horizon for smarter, sustainable ways to eat," says GOOD Meat's CEO.
It's time to return oversight to industry groups and the states.
The federal government continues to be very bad at telling people what and how to eat.
Will a new commission at the U.S. Department of Agriculture solve racism? We're going to find out.
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The government worsens the baby formula shortage, again.
The central planning of America's public school lunch menus has been a disaster.
"If I do my job right, you should barely know I'm here."
Almost all of America’s avocados come from a single Mexican state. A threatening message threw it into disarray.
Replacing parts of SNAP with a poorly overseen food delivery program turned out to be an expensive disaster.
The beef checkoff problem raises prices without benefiting ranchers
But spending more would be a bigger mistake. Sometimes, there simply isn't a government solution to a problem.
The government should let milk marketing stand on its own four legs.
The vast majority of hospitalized COVID-19 patients are overweight. Why won’t the government stop subsidizing junk food?
The USDA under the Trump administration streamlined some outdated and scientifically unwarranted regulations of modern biotech crops.
Refusing to recommend policy based on bad science isn't unscientific.
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Joe Biden’s choice for agriculture secretary is more of the same.
Anti-biotech activists cite the precautionary principle to maintain chestnut tree-free forests.
Three bills are on the table, but only one of them promises to unshackle small and independent ranchers.
A renewed push to pass the PRIME Act picks up steam as COVID-19 leaves us all asking “Where’s the beef?”
Dirt farmers want the feds to stack the deck in their favor.
Instead of $12.5 billion in new agriculture purchases exports to China this year, the USDA expects less than $4 billion.
"I would have to grow at least three times as many plants under the USDA rule to produce the same amount of CBD as I get out of one plant now."
This is why we can't have serious conversations about government spending.
Government has tilted the scales in milk's favor for so long that dairies forgot how to compete.
There's no need for most federal agencies to be stationed in the nation's capital, one of the most expensive cities in the country.
The Agricultural Research Service announced that it would no longer be using cats for research purposes.
Revving up pepper hotness in tomatoes using CRISPR genome-editing
The agency admits that its new bioengineered food regs are "not expected to have any benefits to human health or the environment."
A regulatory pact between FDA and USDA may help speed up getting lab-grown meats to your local supermarket.
More than 1,100 people living in America's 50 largest cities have received bailout funds intended for farmers harmed by Trump's trade war.
Consuming whole fat dairy foods lowers mortality and cardiovascular risks, according to a new Lancet study.
Most of the funds are earmarked for soybean farmers, who would really rather just be able to sell their goods to China again.
Our current system of federal food regulation is expensive and dangerous
And, weirdly, grocery store cronyism might be the thing that stops it.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture will reportedly approve a GMO virus to fight citrus greening disease.
The USDA just dumped Obama administration's proposed ridiculous biotech crop regulations; the FDA should quickly follow suit.
A federal program to help public-school students eat healthier is based on highly problematic-and perhaps fraudulent-research.
On the other hand, Google's Verily is debugging Fresno.
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