Conservation Reserve Program: When the farmer just can’t win
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 farm, imposing a huge tax burden.
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Checkoff Corruption
What is a checkoff, and what does it have to do with dinner?
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Bird Flu
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 profits.
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Bill Gates’ Mysterious Land-Grab
Bill Gates is now the top owner of farmland in America.
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Beef Industry Consolidation
Four companies process and control almost all US beef. Beef industry consolidation has been terrible for ranchers and consumers.
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America’s Race to the Bottom in Food Quality
Why does our nation’s food quality keep getting worse?
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Alpha-Gal Syndrome
An allergy to red meat is spreading via ticks, and two bioethics professors think the spread should be encouraged to save the planet.
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A Union for 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 corporations.
