Entrepreneurs Are Transforming How Americans Buy and Eat Food
From farmers’ markets to food halls and food trucks, private enterprise is creating new ways to connect consumers with food while challenging the case for government intervention.
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Small Farmers Could Sell Home-Processed Beef Under New Bipartisan Bill
The Red Meat Inspection Exemption Act would let qualifying livestock producers slaughter and process a limited number of their own animals for direct sale to consumers without federal inspection.
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Processed Meat Chemicals Under Scrutiny as Bowel Cancer Rises
A leading food safety scientist says nitrates and nitrites used in bacon and ham may be contributing to rising rates of early-onset bowel cancer, and is calling for warning labels.
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Iowa farmers warn of a deepening farm crisis
Some producers are warning that bankruptcies and forced retirements could accelerate across the Corn Belt.
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Protein is everywhere — even where it probably doesn’t belong
Americans are spending $90 billion a year on foods marketed for their protein content, as manufacturers turn everything from Doritos and Pop-Tarts to water and ranch dressing into “high-protein” products.
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Immigration crackdown disrupts a major U.S. beef-processing hub
Cattle slaughter fell sharply as workers stayed home amid increased ICE activity in southwest Kansas, adding another strain to an already tight U.S. beef supply.
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England’s farm support fund runs dry in six hours
The entire £233 million budget for England’s Sustainable Farming Incentive was allocated in less than a day, leaving thousands of farmers without access to payments many increasingly rely on.
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Beef Prices Push the Humble Hamburger Toward Luxury Status
Ground beef prices are up 25% in two years as drought, a 75-year-low cattle herd and rising restaurant costs collide — while Washington’s attempt to boost imports may barely move prices.
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Farmers Caught in the Crossfire of U.S.-Canada Trade War
New tariffs threaten to squeeze American agriculture from both directions — depressing export prices while raising the cost of machinery and critical fertilizer.
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JBS Co-Owner Lobbied Trump to Cut Beef Tariffs
The Brazilian meatpacking billionaire reportedly made the case for cheaper imports one day before Trump moved to ease tariffs.
