The data, which disappeared from Agriculture Department sites in recent weeks, was useful to farmers for business planning, the lawsuit said.
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The data, which disappeared from Agriculture Department sites in recent weeks, was useful to farmers for business planning, the lawsuit said.
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Dr. Nancy Beck is credited with leading a wide-ranging pushback against chemical regulations during the first Trump administration, and she rewrote rules that made it harder to track the health consequences of a “forever chemical” linked to cancer.
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Someone must be held accountable for this poisoning of America’s farmland.
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A company controlled by Goldman Sachs is helping to lead a lobbying effort by makers of fertilizer linked to “forever chemicals.”
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There is very convincing evidence that organic offers superior nutrition, but The New York Times failed to fully acknowledge this.
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A very hopeful story about an organization that is helping farmers find an alternative to factory farming.
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The herbicide, used widely on crops including broccoli and onions, can cause low birth weight and impaired brain development, regulators said.
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An Australian start-up is hoping fungi can pull carbon dioxide from the air and stash it underground.
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The Biden administration aims to better support small farmers while still aiding big operations and rewarding climate-friendly practices. It’s a tall order.
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Farm protests are changing not only Europe’s food system but also its politics.
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Food companies are talking about smaller price increases this year, good news for grocery shoppers and restaurant diners.
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Juries recently awarded plaintiffs more than $2 billion in damages tied to Roundup, the weedkiller that has been linked to cancer.
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Asked to cut herds, move or even shut down to help meet E.U. environmental goals, agricultural workers say too much is demanded of them. Their anger is reshaping the political landscape.
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With volumes down but prices up, major food companies are still seeing growing profits.
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Mexico is trying to save the planet and human health by banning GMO corn and the super-toxic glyphosate, and the U.S. won’t let them.
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The organic industry needs to start viewing Sam Altman — the person behind ChatGPT and the backer of many GMO 2.0 companies — in the same light as Bill Gates, due to his very strong influence in Silicon Valley and his financial endorsement of genetic engineering technologies.
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A great op-ed in the NYT about how Farmland LP and others groups are doing good and making money.
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Small farmers are now going up against deep-pocketed investors, including private equity firms and real estate developers.
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Some companies and restaurants have continued to raise prices on consumers even after their own inflation-related costs have been covered.
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Some of the largest companies in the U.S. have pledged to adopt climate-friendly agricultural techniques. But some farmers say they haven’t provided enough incentive.
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Similar to The Washington Post’s story a few years ago about fraudulent organic grains from Turkey and Ukraine, this article exposes just how easy it is for bad actors in India to manipulate the USDA’s antiquated and porous paper-based system. Here is the response to the NYT article from the Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS).
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The New York Times finally takes a look at the perilous road ahead for small organic dairy farmers.
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A flurry of litigation by advocacy groups seeks to combat what they say is a rise in deceptive marketing by food giants.
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An excellent piece about how toxic chemicals cannot compete against superweeds — which may ultimately force farmers to look toward more organic and regenerative practices.
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