While still without definitive proof, the FDA links states with the largest cyclospora outbreaks to lettuce from produce giant, Taylor Farms. Foodborne illnesses hit harder when one company controls so much of the food supply and corporate power threatens federal food safety standards.
Read MoreSmall dairy farms in the Northeast are struggling. 80 workers stand to lose their jobs as DFA closes a historic Vermont plant. Vermont Senator Peter Welch introduces legislation to stop the cycle of consolidation.
Read MoreThe Save Our Bacon Act is the latest attempt by the big meat lobby to override state-level animal welfare standards, which some independent farmers see as a critical new market opportunity to compete against dominant firms.
Read MoreOperation Metro Surge expanded beyond the Twin Cities metro and chilled economic activity in rural Minnesota meatpacking towns with large immigrant communities.
Read MoreMinnesota shows how small businesses can support their communities through crisis while large corporations make measured statements, or worse, cooperate with authoritarian overreach.
Read MoreOver 30 environmental organizations want USDA to stop subsidizing manure-to-biogas machinery that they argue entrenches large, polluting livestock operations, promotes farm consolidation, and wastes taxpayer dollars.
Read MoreAntitrust enforcement could bring down grocery prices, but will Trump’s FTC and DOJ deliver? The agencies have been weakened by firings.
Read MoreThe shutdown is the latest blow to agriculture antimonopoly work, as the Trump administration cancels Biden-era projects promoting seed competition and state-level antitrust enforcement.
Read MoreAfter paying billions to settle Roundup cancer suits, Bayer launched a multi-pronged lobbying campaign to turn its legal defense into law. An appropriations rider passed Tuesday is the tip of the iceberg.
Read MoreAs Republicans added work requirements for SNAP, they also made it easier for non-active farm owners to collect more federal subsidies.
Read MoreThe MAHA report says food and chemical corporations should be held accountable for making children sick but the actions of Congress and the Trump administration reveal different priorities.
Read MoreSchools and food banks expected $1 billion from USDA to buy local foods this year. The Trump administration pulled those contracts, hurting farmers, kids, and rural development.
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