The latest available CPI data shows the beef and veal category is up 14.7% while overall food is up 3.1%. The start of 2025 saw the lowest cattle numbers in the U.S. since 1951. Severe drought over ...

Marian L. Tupy is a senior fellow at the Cato Institute, where Gale L. Pooley is an adjunct scholar. With one big family-gathering meal out of the way and more soon to come (Christmas? New Year’s?

Rising menu prices, growing delivery surcharges, and concerns over portion size and quality are pushing more diners to rethink how — and how often — they eat out. Stephanie Gravalese is a food and ...

The federal government shutdown is over, and SNAP benefits are back for the more than 400,000 Minnesotans who rely on them – but Twin Cities food shelves say the impact on them is far from over. In ...

February 4, 2026 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced Tuesday that it is now operating the foreign food aid program Food for Peace and that it is moving quickly to get the program ...