Farming is under attack.
From rising prices to poisoned labels, America’s food system is being dismantled—piece by piece.
How they’re crushing farmers
The American Farm Bureau Federation, supposedly the main lobbyist and support for American farmers, in fact stiffs the farmer in favor of the Big Ag c...
An allergy to red meat is spreading via ticks, and two bioethics professors think the spread should be encouraged to save the planet.
Why does our nation’s food quality keep getting worse?
Four companies process and control almost all US beef. Beef industry consolidation has been terrible for ranchers and consumers.
Bill Gates is now the top owner of farmland in America.
How a mild virus was turned into an existential threat to the egg and dairy industries. Farmers were badly harmed, while major egg companies saw record...
What is a checkoff, and what does it have to do with dinner?
The federal government pays farmers not to farm for several years, entering their land in a conservation program. Then the state decides the farm is not...
A boondoggle for wealthy farmers and insurance companies. Taxpayers spend billions on it, but 47% goes to private insurance companies, and small farmers...
US government dairy policies drive small farms to ‘get big or get out’ as monopolies get rich.
Dams are being eliminated, taking away the ability to irrigate farmland and changing the way of life for locals.
Millions of animals die during transport to slaughterhouses each year due to consolidation in the meatpacking industry.
The "natural" label on foods is meaningless. How deceptive labeling hurts organic farmers and tries to get out in front of conventional competitors.
Despite two federal courts banning Dicamba, EPA is trying to bring it back.
The seizure of farmland for government or businesses purposes has increased since 2005.
There has been an extraordinary consolidation of farming in just five years: what happened between 2018 and 2023?
Net U.S. farm income went down 23% between 2022 and 2024. Total farm sector debt climbed to $542 billion.
Farmers have to bet the farm on their yearly farm loans, just to stay in business. Federal loan programs don't help most farmers.
One-third of farmers and ranchers are over age 65. There is no one to replace them.
"Ecosystem Services" and Natural Asset Companies. What could go wrong?
The U.S. government pays farmers to grow food depleted of nutrients. There is a great contradiction between U.S. food subsidies and U.S. dietary guide...
When foreign owned corporations buy U.S. farmland, it is bad for farmers and bad for food security.
Are military programs interfering with the weather, to the detriment of farmers, ranchers and the rest of us?
Farm subsidies mainly benefit the wealthiest farmers.
Today, the four biggest grocery chains sell more than half the food in America. It’s bad for farmers and bad for consumers.
A lose-lose for American farmers, their communities and consumers.
Farmers are at the mercy of arbitrary government edicts if their animals get an infection.
The MAHA Strategy to Assist Farms and Rural America has been watered down, and antitrust enforcement is under pressure.
How USDA rules and corporate control stifle independent farmers and your food choices.
The narrative that we must give up meat and dairy to reduce cow burps (and possibly reduce global temperature by 1 degree Centigrade) has gone into high...
Cheap imported beef and pork has been mislabeled as "Made in USA" for the past ten years, cheating consumers and American farmers.
Monsanto ghostwrote the "science," leading farmers to ignore safety precautions and consumers to eat much more of the toxic weedkiller glyphosate than...
How the government's unpredictable response to outbreaks threatens farmers’ livelihoods.
Fraudulent imports, sanctioned illegal industrial operations, and inefficient oversight are crushing U.S. farmers and ethical businesses.
Farmers risk Parkinson's Disease, pulmonary fibrosis and other injuries from Paraquat use.
Farmers and consumers are left with very few good options.
What will farmers be asked to produce next? Will there be no need for farmers in our ‘Brave New World’? The World Economic Forum, UN and WHO demand the...
Many small farmers and ranchers have trouble finding an available facility to slaughter and process their livestock and poultry.
Global organizations have been central to creating a narrative about looming disasters allegedly due to releases of methane and nitrogen from rice far...
Farmers should have the right to fix their own tractors (and everything else).
Federal regulation of pesticides is inadequate and has failed to investigate any hazards of their use in combination. Farmers are at a 50% higher risk...
The federal government fails at encouraging farmers to improve their soil. How federal subsidies can boost soil health for better food and real sustai...
U.S. farmers face a suicide rate 3.5 times higher than the general population, a stark indicator of the intense stress in agriculture.
Many farmers followed EPA recommendations and spread sewage sludge on their land as fertilizer. Now their land is contaminated with toxins and may not...
U.S. farmers have had to compete with Mexican-produced fruits and vegetables, despite farmworkers in Mexico earning only about $2/hour. There have been...
The United States, the world's largest food exporter, imports a huge amount of the food Americans eat.
Why are we forbidden from drinking what humans have consumed for thousands of years?
Captured by agricultural industries, the USDA no longer helps small family farmers. Its perverse incentives have redirected US agriculture to grow heavily...