Tag: food system
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.
Trump orders meat plants to stay open during pandemic
"...PETA asks the nation to rise up and shout a resounding 'NO' to keeping slaughterhouses open at this time."
USDA is removing safeguards on food while everyone else is fighting...
Tell Congress to stop allowing USDA food safety waivers. This is no time to gamble with Americans' health.
Global food waste higher than previously estimated, new study reveals
Global food waste is a much bigger problem than previously thought. A new study confirmed that people waste more than twice as...
Food at risk as third of plants face extinction
“Extinction is forever, which is a loss not only in terms of their evolution and persistence on the planet, but also a loss to the future of our food.”
FDA confirms string of 5,000 synthetic chemicals contaminates US food system
"What this calls for is additional research to determine how widespread this contamination is and how high the levels are."
Glyphosate found in 19 of 20 beers and wines tested
"Due to glyphosate's many health risks and its ubiquitous nature in our food, water and alcohol, the use of glyphosate in the U.S. should be banned unless and until it can be proven safe."
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Bipartisan bill introduced in House to ban use of pesticide paraquat in US agriculture
The bill would "direct the Environmental Protection Agency to cancel all existing paraquat registrations, revoke any tolerances permitting paraquat residue in food, and ban the sale and use of existing stocks upon enactment."
Why Biden’s debate disaster two years ago matters for the future
Looking ahead, a great need will be to overcome the ongoing culture of conformity that so badly damaged the Democratic Party in 2024 and helped Trump get back into the White House.
Losing face, losing the base, losing the midterm race—a tidal trifecta
Though daring MAGA lies seem tidal,/ Denying outcomes suicidal.
Anti-ICE protesters sentenced to decades as Trump turns ‘antifa’ label into prosecution tool
The Prairieland case transformed a July 4 protest outside a Texas immigration jail into a terrorism prosecution, with sentences from 30 to 100 years and warnings of a new federal playbook against left-wing dissent.
Alaska governor vetoes single-use polystyrene foam foodware ban
For now, polystyrene products will remain legal for use by commercial food vendors statewide.