August 15, 2025 – Democrats on the House Agriculture Committee sent Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins an eight-page ...

The agency notified federal union leaders this week that it will terminate contracts for thousands of employees. Unions say reductions in staff will threaten food safety.

Finally, the new law mandates that updates to the package that underlies SNAP benefits cannot raise costs, which will lead to ...

The agency hosted a week-long “Great American Farmers' Market” on the National Mall last week instead of its traditional ...

An experienced D.C. food-system journalist, Alvey brings a dynamic mix of news skills and Capitol Hill connections to our ...

For example, the American Heart Association released an advisory last week encouraging reduced consumption of foods currently defined as ultra-processed. But the group acknowledged that some, like ...

Make America Healthy Again wants farmers to produce healthier food, but the climate change and Trump's policies are making that harder to do.

We launched the Food Policy Tracker in January to follow federal policies that impact the US food system. Of 100 stories, ...

At California’s Hedgerow Farms, specialists produce seeds to revegetate burned areas, reestablish wetlands, and transform drought-prone farmland.

After two decades and the recent death of its founder, a downtown farm grapples with its future amid a changing neighborhood and changing city.