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The Republican-led budget approved in late May after an all-night debate is a case study in backroom dealing and corporate ...
An alternative to neoliberal trade policies is urgently needed, not Trump's gunboat diplomacy and erratic deals.
After years of underfunding and oversubscription, Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) funding in fiscal year 2024 (FY24) helped ...
In a bipartisan win for Farm to School and Early Care programming and local food purchasing across Minnesota, state lawmakers ...
MINNEAPOLIS — The House of Representatives is set to vote on a budget reconciliation bill this week that damages rural economies and livelihoods while cutting taxes for large corporations and the ...
On May 13, IATP hosted a new installment of our “Shaping the Future of Food” webinar series with Michael Happ, IATP program associate for climate and rural communities. In the webinar, Michael ...
Michael Andreas, 49, on leave as executive vice president of ADM; Terrance Wilson, 60, retired head of ADM's corn-processing unit; and former ADM biochemist Mark Whitacre, 41 have been convicted by a ...
Flooding and Drought -- the Effects of Global Warming? Source: Environmental Defense Network , August 20, 2002. This is one summer to remember: Europe is experiencing some of the worst flooding in a ...
WASHINGTON, DC, December 9, 2002 (ENS) - ProdiGene Inc., the company that allowed genetically engineered corn to contaminated about 500,000 bushels of soybeans, will pay a $250,000 fine - the first ...
With the loss of the family farm, warns author Sharon Butala, we are also losing nature's diversity -- and risking our souls My memories of drives in the country when I was a child in the 1940s and ...
Many chefs understand the benefits of buying directly from a local farmer. Local farmers are can provide a fresh tasting, high quality product with a longer shelf life. A chef that develops an ongoing ...
The Big Cypress National Preserve in Florida is crisscrossed with so many illegal swamp-buggy ruts - more than 23,000 miles of them - that park officials in August began limiting off-road vehicles to ...