Tag: farmers
EPA thumbs nose at court order, says farmers can still use...
The move by the EPA amounts to a generous gift to BASF, Bayer and Corteva Agrisciences whose dicamba herbicides were deemed by the court to have been approved by the EPA illegally.
Why farmers are dumping milk down the drain and letting produce...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture plans to begin purchasing US$3 billion in fresh produce, dairy and meat to support farmers and eventually distribute it to food pantries and other organizations feeding Americans in need.
‘Bullying of marginalized workers’: Trump moves to slash pay of guest...
"While immigrant farm workers risk their lives working w/o sufficient protection during this dangerous time, this country is excluding them from federal relief packages and lobbying to lower their wages."
Meet the farmers putting politics aside to address climate change
The Practical Farmers of Iowa waste no time on partisan stances as they face the challenges of extreme weather and depleted soils.
Just who got Trump’s farm bailouts?
Rich families cashed in on over half the bailout money set aside for farmers hurt by Trump’s trade policies.
Farmworkers Bill of Rights
Passage of the Farmworkers Fair Labor Practices, also being called the Farmworkers Bill of Rights, by the New York State Legislature at...
How a top chicken company cut off black farmers, one by...
After years of working as a sheriff’s deputy and a car dealership manager, John Ingrum used his savings to buy a farm...
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.
Revitalize Rural America
Bernie’s plan is to Revitalize Rural America. Efforts like these pulled the nation together in a way that we haven’t seen since in decades.
A new economic model for the South: Ditch corporate welfare and...
“With modest increases in public investment in technical support and start-up capital … cooperatives could greatly expand into new markets, employ significant numbers of people, and contribute healthier food to their communities.”
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Judge vacates Trump SNAP rule that would remove thousands off food stamps
The proposed rule change by the USDA “radically and abruptly alters decades of regulatory practice, leaving States scrambling and exponentially increasing food insecurity for tens of thousands of Americans.”
Watch: Why Trump’s judges are the worst of the worst
How has Trump had so many vacancies to fill?
How to stop Trump from stealing the election
Congress has decided contested elections only three times in U.S. history, in 1801, 1825, and 1877. Could it happen in 2020?
Why the Founders Would Decry What America has Become
If the Founding Fathers saw what the United States has become, they would be devastated. Poverty, income inequality, suppression of speaking ones mind, crime, war, and oligarch like behaviors all make up this new U.S. It is far from being the democracy it was created as.
ExxonMobil claims shift on climate but continues to fund climate science deniers
The company’s professed support for a carbon tax is a disingenuous public relations ploy to delay government action.