Undocumented farmworkers are the backbone of the United States’ agriculture industry, a situation that The post New ‘Blue Card’ Proposal Would Protect Farmworkers from Deportation appe...
https://civileats.com/2017/05/22/new-blue-card-proposal-would-protect-farmworkers-from-deportation/
“Our farmers deserve a government that serves their interest and empowers them to do the hard work that they love to do so much,” said President Trump when signing an executive order titled, ...
https://civileats.com/2017/05/08/trump-executive-order-promises-to-slash-farm-regulations/
Most farmers know that the health of their soil is important, but they don’t all prioritize it over, say, maximizing what they grow each year. Now, some scientists The post Want Healthier S...
https://civileats.com/2017/05/02/want-healthier-soil-link-it-to-crop-insurance/
A year and a half ago, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it would ban the use of the neurotoxic insecticide chlorpyrifos on food crops. Then, at The post Can California Reve...
https://civileats.com/2017/04/13/can-california-reverse-epas-u-turn-on-pesticide-ban/
The question “Where does my meat come from?” took on new urgency last month when a corruption scandal at JBS, the world’s largest meatpacking company, prompted countries around the world to...
https://civileats.com/2017/04/06/will-trump-revive-cool-and-make-american-meat-great-again/
While the new White House “budget blueprint” is low on details, it’s clear that some of the biggest cuts could have a direct impact on the food we eat and the people who produce it. While a...
https://civileats.com/2017/03/23/trumps-budget-would-set-food-system-progress-back-by-generations/
Should artificially colored foods carry warning labels about their potential impact on children’s behavior? California State Senator Bob Wieckowski thinks so. And he’s introduced a new bill (...
https://civileats.com/2017/03/16/a-new-calif-bill-could-be-first-to-require-food-dye-labeling/
Pesticide manufacturers have long maintained that their products are essential to feeding the world. But a new report by United Nations human rights experts challenges this assumption, arguing th...
https://civileats.com/2017/03/13/new-un-report-pesticides-dont-feed-the-world/
Is organic food better for us? A growing number of scientific studies suggest that it is. And now, the latest evidence to support this claim is a new report from the European Parliament, written ...
https://civileats.com/2017/03/08/can-organic-food-prevent-a-public-health-crisis/
In the opening weeks of the Trump administration, the state of animal welfare—as with so much other policy—is in upheaval. On February 9, the administration froze the implementation of the ju...
https://civileats.com/2017/02/15/absent-federal-policy-states-take-lead-on-animal-welfare/