Tag: food system
There is enough food, just not enough food access
Community fridge networks across the country are an important start—and symbol—in the work to make sure everyone has enough to eat.
It’s time for an urgent intervention in the food system ruining...
The Farm System Reform Act would provide a real solution to addressing the climate impacts of industrial agriculture.
Biden signs new executive order aimed at food and farming sector
President Biden signed an executive order that will protect American farmers under the Packers and Stockyards Act against abuses suffered at meat...
Food additive in Starbursts, Sour Patch Kids, Skittles, +3,000 others no...
The additive, titanium dioxide, may cause cell mutations and damage DNA.
A pesticide linked to brain damage in children could finally be...
A court has ruled that the EPA must ban the controversial pesticide chlorpyrifos—or prove its safety.
54 million people in the US may go hungry during pandemic—can...
In the COVID era, growing food locally has become more essential than ever.
Community-based farms rise to the occasion as big food supply chains...
Organic CSA farms like Massaro in Connecticut have been able to nimbly reorient marketing and production to serve the urgent needs of their communities.
The federal government shouldn’t be trying to salvage our broken food...
Congress is considering an allocation for the mass killing of farmed animals.
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Polling reveals deep unpopularity for GOP vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance, raising questions about the Republican Party’s strategy and the potential consequences for the 2024 election.
American healthcare workers demand Biden and Harris end support for Israeli assault on Gaza
As President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, American healthcare workers who volunteered in Gaza urge U.S. leaders to end Israel’s assault, citing the atrocities witnessed firsthand.
Public opposition to Project 2025 surges as Trump distances himself
Awareness and disapproval of Project 2025 increase significantly despite Trump’s attempts to disassociate from the controversial conservative policy agenda.
730 million people faced hunger last year: A global crisis demanding urgent action
The latest UN report reveals alarming levels of hunger and malnutrition, highlighting the need for urgent political and financial commitments to address food insecurity worldwide.