August 15, 2025 – Democrats on the House Agriculture Committee sent Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins an eight-page ...

The agency notified federal union leaders this week that it will terminate contracts for thousands of employees. Unions say reductions in staff will threaten food safety.

The agency hosted a week-long “Great American Farmers' Market” on the National Mall last week instead of its traditional ...

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For example, the American Heart Association released an advisory last week encouraging reduced consumption of foods currently defined as ultra-processed. But the group acknowledged that some, like ...

Louisiana Shrimpers Fight to Save Their Industry Cheap imported shrimp, environmental degradation, and rising fuel costs are collapsing the seafood economy in the Mississippi Delta. Locals say ...

We launched the Food Policy Tracker in January to follow federal policies that impact the US food system. Of 100 stories, ...

Finally, the new law mandates that updates to the package that underlies SNAP benefits cannot raise costs, which will lead to lower average monthly benefits. By 2034, average benefits will be $213 per ...

Make America Healthy Again wants farmers to produce healthier food, but the climate change and Trump's policies are making that harder to do.

August 13, 2025 — Ultra-processed foods still make up over half the calories consumed by Americans, even as the rates have declined in recent years, according to a report published this week by the ...