Federal Agencies’ Nutrition And Obesity Recommendations Are Junk Science
Too often, medical research is stunted by cronyism, bad incentives, and lack of competent peer review. And it all comes at the expense of taxpayers.
White House’s Reorganization Plan Would Make For A Leaner, Better FDA
The administration proposes changing the FDA’s name to the ‘Federal Drug Administration,’ making clear that its focus will solely be on drugs, devices, biologics, and tobacco.
How Big Business Uses Big Government To Ruin Small Fishermen Like Me
Ensnared in an international trade dispute between Vietnam and very large U.S. catfish farms are hundreds of small wild-caught catfish producers throughout the United States.
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.
USDA Threatens To Shut Down Farm For Conservative Article In Break Room
Obama-era rules empower meat inspectors to become speech inspectors, and that’s created a crazy situation at one farm in Michigan.
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.
How Tom Vilsack Has Expanded Iowa’s Favorite Corporate Welfare Program
During his tenure in Washington, the former Iowa governor has made sure that the wasteful ethanol and biofuels sector remains addicted to taxpayers’ money.
Supreme Court Dries Price Controls Like A Raisin In The Sun
Agriculture despots used to be able to seize farmers’ produce at will. With a new Supreme Court decision in favor of two raisin farmers, that may change.
Up Next: Government Mandating Your Daily Food Intake
Why is it even necessary to explain that we don’t need a ‘national food policy’?
Why This Mom Now Boycotts The Government Picnic Lunch
I knew, even if nobody else did, that we came because I was too lazy to feed my children at home—and too greedy to resist a lunch handout.
Who Killed Federalism?
The contemporary relationship between states and the federal government is in an unhealthy state.
Close Down The United States Department of Agriculture
Close down the department that unjustly appropriates American agriculture for its own wasteful and dishonest purposes.
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