Civil Eats
Viewpoint: Farmers face mounting challenges — Proposed U.S. farm bill doesn’t meet them
The House Agriculture Committee advanced a proposed farm bill ... —a set of legislative proposals that have traditionally balanced the social safety ...
With food prices rising, Democrats blame “corporate consolidation” over food aid cuts as a campaign message
At the Capitol Hill roundtable ..., hosted by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-New York), farmers, union leaders, lawyers, academics, ...
Industry and Trump’s agriculture department: It’s a revolving door
For decades, regardless of who’s been president, some leaders in key government food and farm departments have had strong industry ...
How would a prolonged shutdown impact federal food assistance programs?
Historically the Special Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) has been unaffected by government shutdowns, including ...
Viewpoint: ‘Get the government out of agriculture’? Civil Eats assesses Trump’s disruptive first 100 days on ‘food, farming and fairness’
Over the past 100 days [of President Trump's second term], President Trump and his collaborators have taken a sledgehammer to ...
Trump administration abruptly ended government food safety alerts, then issued a ‘clarification’ that it’s a pause. Will the ban end up becoming permanent?
Officials inside the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), the agency that oversees both the CDC and the FDA, ...
Should biodegradable food packaging be allowed in certified organic compost?
Colorado organic fruit farmer Steve Ela knows first-hand how central compost is to his organic farm—and all organic agriculture. It ...
‘Milk without cows’? What consumers need to know about precision fermentation
“There is a real revolution going on here,” Jim Mellon, a biotech investor and the author of Moo’s Law: An ...
Viewpoint: How transparent are global meat and dairy companies in disclosing their impacts on climate change?
Last fall, the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) took out a full-page ad in The New York Times declaring that the U.S ...
Regenerative vs organic: As focus shifts towards addressing climate change impacts, what does that mean for organic agriculture’s future?
As organic products make it into the hands of more consumers than ever before, it’s clear that the industry is ...
Climate change impacts crops rich in micronutrients like zinc, vitamin A, and iron — triggering food security issues in lower-income countries
A new review paper, published in Advances in Nutrition, draws together the existing science of how climate change threatens staple ...
Climate-resilient desert crops: New generation of hardy seeds optimized for harsh environments
While thirsty crops like alfalfa and corn dominate the region, [farmer Laura] Parker has emerged as a leader in revitalizing ...
‘Farmers face anxiety, depression and grief’: How climate change is roiling American farmers’ lives
As climate change-fueled extreme weather events such as storms and droughts become more frequent and intense, farmers and others in ...
Viewpoint: Industry consolidation — Large meat and dairy companies dominate nascent plant-based and cellular meat industry
Nearly every week a major media outlet publishes a headline announcing that a giant meat or dairy processor has acquired ...
As the dairy industry inches toward adopting ‘regenerative agriculture’ practices, tensions emerge between large-scale operations and anti-corporate purists
Danone, General Mills (maker of Yoplait yogurt and Häagen-Dazs ice cream, among other big dairy brands), and yogurt maker Stonyfield ...
Viewpoint: Big Ag is ‘cherry-picking sustainable practices’ and co-opting the language of agroecology
[A] coalition of academics who are members of the Agroecology Research-Action Collective announced a boycott of the [UN’s 2021 Food ...
USDA organic farming standards ‘loophole’ may threaten rainforests
Many shoppers have heard about the high environmental costs of palm oil. Take, for example, the fact that much of ...
Viewpoint: Mining phosphate to produce Bayer’s Roundup weed killer could contaminate environment ‘for years to come’
Roundup, the world’s top herbicide, has been mired in controversy in recent months as the jurors in three court cases ...
For consumers to embrace high-tech meat, producers must address sustainability concerns
Plant-based and cultured meat producers see themselves promoting sustainability, promising healthier options in a world that demands convenience and good ...
Will California break with EPA and ban chlorpyrifos pesticide?
Approximately one million pounds of chlorpyrifos—about 20 percent of what’s used nationwide—are applied annually in California to dozens of food ...
Will CRISPR plant breeding be used for good — Or mostly to drive corporate profit?
This rapid-fire timing [of agribusiness mergers] may have been a coincidence, but it also may be a sign of what’s ...
Foodie movement leaders call for aggressive ‘progressive’ agenda to counter Trump
... As of today, the president-elect has yet to nominate an agriculture secretary, but the food movement is rightly aghast ...
How are family farms faring as companies buy land to meet growing organic food demand?
Farmers... want to meet the growing demand for organic, but are faced with several challenges to increasing acreage. Most significantly ...
Nebraskan to Africans: ‘Green revolution’ to feed malnourished unnecessary, agroecology already working
[S]mall farmers who sell their food locally still produce around 80 percent of the food in sub-Saharan Africa. But that ...
Does rootworm resistance to Bt corn symbolize failure of GMOs, industrial agriculture?
In recent months, the rootworm has caused damage in fields planted with Bt corn, which is engineered to kill the ...
Regulations, patent dispute will determine CRISPR’s affordability, future in agriculture
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Plant breeders have long ...
Organic seed in short supply due to cost of production, intellectual property rights
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A new report . . ...
94 scientists back IARC’s glyphosate assessment, may influence EPA review of herbcide
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. One year ago, an ...
