Other Politicians Should Follow Ron DeSantis’s Lead In Draining The Farm Bill Swamp
The farm bill represents an unholy alliance between lawmakers looking to give wealthy farmers more subsidies and lawmakers looking to expand food stamps.
‘This Blessed Earth’ Considers The Fraught Future Of Family Farming
A journalist chronicles the experiences of one Nebraska farmer and his daughter, as they seek to keep their six-generation family farm alive.
Wrong, Politico: Today’s Farmers Are Obsessed With Healthy Soil
If the reporter had spent a little more time researching the topic or speaking to more than one farmer, she’d realize soil health has long been a focus — even an obsession — among farmers.
Here’s What You Need To Know About The Estate Tax and Family Farmers
Only a tiny fraction of the nation’s family farmers are eligible for the federal estate tax—but that doesn’t mean it’s a popular or profitable tax.
Today’s Farmers Are Trying To Achieve ‘Sustainability,’ But It’s Easier Said Than Done
A new agricultural sustainability program seeks to offer a ‘cleaner’ version of current farming methods. But is that really going to be enough?
Why More Young People Should Get Summer Jobs On The Farm
And more U.S. universities and colleges should offer them internship credit for it.
New Minnesota Law Seeks To Help Aspiring Farmers Get Started
The law provides a 5 percent tax credit to older farmers who sell their land to beginning farmers, thus incentivizing the continued legacy of U.S. farms.
The Foodies Are Back To Fight For Counterproductive, Porky Ag Policies
Tom Colicchio is rounding up his foodie friends, who were pals with the Obamas but now marginalized by the GOP, to fight Congress over the 2018 Farm Bill,
Trump Administration Nibbles At Michelle Obama’s School Lunch Mess
In one of his first acts as President Trump’s new secretary of Agriculture, Sonny Perdue announced modest changes to Michelle Obama’s flawed school lunch program.
Meet Your New Secretary Of Agriculture, America
Sonny Perdue was raised on a farm in the deep south, rose to power in Georgia politics, and is no stranger to powerful agribusinesses.
Wisconsin Says You Can’t Buy Kerrygold Butter Until A Bureaucrat Tastes It For You
It may well be the Platonic Ideal of Butter. But folks in Wisconsin will never know because some apparatchik on the sixth floor of the Department of Agriculture has not yet spoken.
How A ‘Farm Bust’ Could Help Renew American Agriculture
Current farming methodologies aren’t just bad for land, community, and ecology—they’re increasingly bad for business. Something’s gotta give.
The Most Important Topic Hillary And Trump Won’t Discuss Tonight
Both presidential candidates support Big Ag to the detriment of small family farmers.
How The State Fair Gave Us The Best And Worst Day Ever
It was a perfect day at the fair, and it was all punctuated by the glow of our vegetary victory. Alas, all this glory was to end in sadness.
You Shouldn’t Have To Pay For Peanuts If You Don’t Want To Eat Them
Americans will collectively spend an estimated $2 billion on peanuts this year before even breaking open a shell.
Why You Pay Twice As Much For Butter As You Should
The U.S. government taxes butter to allow American farmers to charge American consumers higher prices. This kind of protectionism is to blame for high food prices, cronyism, and economic waste, explains a new paper.
School Lunch Shouldn’t Be Middle-Class Welfare
House Republicans propose reducing—not eliminating—the number of middle-class families who get taxpayers to pay for their kids’ school lunches. Democrats go wild.
Chuck Grassley Stuffs Prisons Into A Porkfest
Iowa is America’s largest pork producer. So prisons will serve pork, even if prisoners don’t want it.
Big Egg Caught Hurling Itself At Mayonnaise
It seems the egg industry really did leverage federal influence to fry vegan mayonnaise.
How Pandering To Iowa’s Ethanol Lobby Hurts America
While a small group of corn farmers may benefit from the Renewable Fuel Standard, higher gas prices and less fuel-efficient gasoline hurt everyone.
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