Captured by agricultural industries, the USDA no longer helps small family farmers. Its perverse incentives have redirected US agriculture to grow heavily treated corn and soy for ultra-processed foods and industrial purposes, rather than healthier foods.
Why are we forbidden from drinking what humans have consumed for thousands of years?
The United States, the world’s largest food exporter, imports a huge amount of the food Americans eat.
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 three decades with zero tariff price protection for fruit and vegetable farmers.
Many farmers followed EPA recommendations and spread sewage sludge on their land as fertilizer. Now their land is contaminated with toxins and may not be usable.
U.S. farmers face a suicide rate 3.5 times higher than the general population, a stark indicator of the intense stress in agriculture.
The federal government fails at encouraging farmers to improve their soil. How federal subsidies can boost soil health for better food and real sustainability.
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 for Parkinson’s Disease than the rest of the population.
Farmers should have the right to fix their own tractors (and everything else).
Global organizations have been central to creating a narrative about looming disasters allegedly due to releases of methane and nitrogen from rice farming.