Tag: agriculture industry
Millions who prepare America’s food go hungry: Why food service workers...
Food service workers prepare meals for millions but often can’t afford to eat themselves, facing low wages, food insecurity, and corporate resistance to change.
Mexico pushes forward with ban of GMO corn, does not apply...
Under Mexico's new rule, the country will begin revoking permits allowing the import of GMO corn for animal feed and stop issuing any new permits by 2024.
Organic farms are under attack from agribusiness, weakened standards
For agrarian justice, family-scale organic farms deserve our support.
Rural politics, climate change and the 2020 elections, Part I
The solution is to reverse the balance of power between rural communities – particularly small farms – and the corporate giants that govern them, while promoting economic dynamism to build local wealth and restore the ecological balance to agriculture.
Taking farmers for a ride
Trump’s trade disruptions are inflicting real pain, but they’re also exposing the frailty of an agriculture economy built for big business.
Bayer, Monsanto acquisition a go
On June 7 "one of the world's largest pesticide producers will be combined with the world's largest seed company."
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Trump’s dementia addled plan to invade Greenland violates the NATO treaty
Why are Republicans orchestrating this ‘gunboat diplomacy’ with the intent of–a rapist?
Whistleblower reveals ICE surveillance campaign targeting immigrants and US citizens
Leaked files and internal dissent show immigration enforcement under Trump has expanded into a wide-ranging intelligence operation.
Ford worker suspended after confronting President Trump over Epstein files during Michigan plant visit
A viral exchange inside a union auto plant has triggered union scrutiny, political backlash, and renewed questions about the administration’s handling of the Epstein records.
Protests intensify in Minneapolis after second ICE shooting as outrage spreads
A second federal agent shooting in one week has fueled mass protests, impeachment calls, and mounting alarm over the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement in Minnesota.
EPA moves to value human lives at zero in air pollution rules while prioritizing...
Internal documents show the Trump administration’s EPA is abandoning decades of public health accounting in favor of business compliance costs.