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US dairy policies drive small farms to ‘get big or get out’ as monopolies get rich

Exclusive: Misguided policies have hurt small-scale farms while enriching agribusinesses and corporate lobbyists, analysis shows

The Guardian - US

It's Time To Legalize Haggis

Will a petition from a physician bring the USDA to its senses?

Reason

$18 a dozen: how did America’s eggs get absurdly expensive?

Producers blame avian flu for the soaring costs, but one farmers’ group is airing accusations of price-gouging

The Guardian - US

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More Native foods coming to school menus

The founder of Indigikitchen is pushing for the incorporation of more Indigenous foods into school lunch menus

Salon

Egg price relief hasn’t hit consumers' wallets despite cost “ease”

The price for a dozen large eggs was $4.25 in December on average, up 66 cents from November.

Axios

New USDA rule boosts "organic" food oversight, targets fraud

The Agriculture Department issued new requirements for foods labeled organic, a move aimed at cracking down on fraud and boosting oversight

The Independent UK

Inflation hasn't increased US food insecurity overall, according to our new tracker

Grocery prices soared by 11.8% in 2022 – the swiftest pace since the early 1980s. Rapid inflation is, naturally, leading to concerns that it’s getting harder for Americans to put food on the table.

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How school lunch is made. It's more complicated than you think

LOS ANGELES — At precisely 11:35 a.m. on a recent Friday, hundreds of kids with backpacks slung over their shoulders file through the blue and red doors of the Garfield High School lunchroom in East Los Angeles. Many carry books, folders and brightly colored notebooks. Some chat enthusiastically as they…

Los Angeles Times

Bee vaccine for American foulbrood approved by USDA positive step for Australian beekeepers

A vaccine to protect bees from American foulbrood won't save hives in Australia, but how the inoculation is delivered has researchers and apiarists excited.

ABC News

Does cinnamon actually belong in chili?

“I think people recoil at the idea of cinnamon in a meat without realizing that it’s common in many cuisines"

Salon

Keeping animals away from planes is a never-ending job at Anchorage's airport

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — On a clear day between major December storms in Anchorage, two bull moose strolled leisurely through deep snow on the frozen surface of Lake Hood. Once on shore, the animals broke into a gallop away from Cody Thompson, a wildlife specialist with USDA's Wildlife Services.

Tribune News Service

$7 a dozen? Why California eggs are so expensive — and increasingly hard to find

LOS ANGELES — Golden State shoppers are shelling out extreme prices for eggs, amid an outbreak of bird flu that has killed millions of hens and left local grocers struggling to stock cartons that comply with California law.

Los Angeles Times

Food and agriculture stories for 2023

There’s a great need for change, change that large institutions will likely fight

Salon

Study: Midwest topsoil 'being eroded 100 times faster than it's forming'

Farmers might not know it — but something is stealing the land from under their feet.

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Minnesota paper company sues feds over beaver dam removal

A paper company in northern Minnesota is suing the federal government over what it said was a bungled beaver dam removal that flooded two roads and a campground and left a lake clogged with debris.

The Guardian - US

Investigation of Musk’s Neuralink targets federal oversight of animal testing

Sources tell Reuters law enforcement authorities are concerned about USDA’s record on animal welfare violations

Axios

Extreme winter spells trouble for food insecure

A hunger crisis is deepening for food insecure U.S. households.

WEKU

Rural Kentuckians to receive more than $26 million for clean energy programs

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Salon

Midwest soil eroding faster than ever

How do researchers know? Stardust.

Reuters

U.S. agriculture agency extends climate funding to small farmers

The U.S. Department of Agriculture will distribute an additional $325 million in funding for projects tailored to smaller-scale farmers to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, taking its total annual investment in climate-friendly farming to more than $3 billion, the agency announced Monday.

The Independent UK

USDA climate-smart agriculture projects now top $3 billion

The federal government has announced another $325 million for agricultural projects that are intended to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

Reason

'MyPlate,' the USDA's 'Food Pyramid' Replacement, Is Also a Dud

The federal government continues to be very bad at telling people what and how to eat.

The Independent UK

Rural voters 'in the trenches' on climate, leery of Biden

The impacts of climate change hit communities across the country, yet voters in rural areas are the least likely to feel Washington is in their corner on the issue

The Guardian - UK

Avian flu has led to the killing of 140m farmed birds since last October

Culls and compensation have cost hundreds of millions of pounds in the US, UK and Europe, with current outbreak predicted to worsen

The Independent UK

Farmers of color sue government for promised federal aid

A class-action lawsuit says the federal government has illegally broken a promise to pay off the debts of a group of Black farmers

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