Without federal support, growing regional supply chains that were building businesses and consumer support have stalled. Some reports showed Regional Food Business Centers already had a measurable impact.
“It was personal. We put our hearts and souls into it.”
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“[Gay restaurants] still mean a lot to the community, and I think you’re going to have younger generations who are very thirsty for these types of spaces."
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Op-Ed: The Next Farm Bill Can Help Farmers Kick Fertilizer
Senate Democrats want the U.S. Department of Agriculture to do more to combat a recent outbreak of New World Screwworm and to provide more transparency through the process.
A year after the cancellation of Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities, some projects are continuing, but they have to start over. Others are over for food, leaving years of lost work and fewer payments to farmers for regenerative farming.
Legislators see the farm bill as an opportunity to delay a major policy shift in food assistance, but Republicans say they are unlikely to budge.
The USDA announced $60 million in new grants for plants to expand, but a large share could go to larger companies.
How has the Trump administration impacted local food economies? Farmers and agricultural leaders say the changes made at the USDA have been devastating. In our latest series, Losing Ground, we take a deeper look at what that means.
After Trump’s USDA cut the Local Food Purchase Assistance program, farmers said they lost connections to local markets that they are unable to get back.
“We will survive, but we’re not going to thrive.”
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“We can see this moment as an opportunity, a chance to finally kick our dependence on the global fertilizer market and build up our own source of home-grown, renewable soil fertility through practical soil health principles,” writes regenerative organic farmer Wendy Johnson in an op-ed.
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Without federal support, a nascent regional network that was building businesses and consumer support has collapsed.
With dubious DOGE savings, the agency has left many farmers with fewer tools to address the climate crisis.
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In less than 18 months under President Donald Trump’s leadership, federal changes have devastated fledgling efforts to support young and BIPOC farmers growing food in sustainable ways, as well as…
