Rural Kentuckians to receive more than $26 million for clean energy programs Rural Kentuckians to receive more than $26 million for clean energy programs WEKU · Dec 16, 2022
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. Reuters · Dec 12, 2022
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 The Independent UK · Dec 12, 2022
'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. Reason · Dec 10, 2022
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 Independent UK · Dec 10, 2022
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 Guardian - UK · Dec 9, 2022
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 The Independent UK · Dec 6, 2022
What’s MyPlate? Few Americans know or heed the US nutrition guide More than a decade after Agriculture Department officials ditched the food pyramid, few Americans have heard of MyPlate, a dinner plate-shaped logo that emphasizes fruits and vegetables. Chicago Sun-Times · Dec 6, 2022
Musk’s Neuralink faces federal inquiry after killing 1,500 animals in testing Brain-implant company accused of causing needless suffering and deaths amid pressure from CEO The Guardian - US · Dec 6, 2022
School meal waivers expired. Now what? More than merely keeping kids fed, universal school meals “are the healthiest meals that kids are eating" Salon · Dec 2, 2022
It's official: This year's bird flu outbreak is now the worst in U.S. history Prior to this year, the largest bird flu outbreak in U.S. history occurred in 2015, in what the USDA called “arguably the most significant animal health event in U.S. history.” Fortune · Nov 30, 2022
MyPlate? Few Americans know or heed US nutrition guide A new study finds that few Americans have heard of MyPlate, the government diet guide that replaced the long-standing food pyramid The Independent UK · Nov 29, 2022
Come Next Thanksgiving, We Might Be Giving Thanks for Government-Approved, Lab-Grown Turkey Regulators are beginning to smile on the sci-fi project of creating real meat products without the typical death and environmental destruction. Reason · Nov 24, 2022
Axios · Nov 24, 2022 These counties have more turkeys than people At least five counties in the U.S. have more turkeys than people.
Salon · Nov 22, 2022 How to properly defrost a frozen turkey Is there a frozen turkey in your freezer? It may already be time to move it to the fridge . . .
The Guardian - UK · Nov 21, 2022 McDonald’s and Walmart beef suppliers criticised for ‘reckless’ antibiotics use Exclusive: Most important antibiotics for human health still used in supply chains of major US food companies, risking spread of superbugs
The Conversation · Nov 21, 2022 Less burping, more meat and milk - how livestock farmers can help tackle the climate crisis Africa’s livestock farmers are at the forefront of climate change. Images of parched landscapes littered with the carcasses of starved cattle are becoming all too familiar as droughts increase in frequency and severity. But cattle farming globally is also one of the causes of climate change. The world’s three billion…
Reuters · Nov 15, 2022 World making little progress on food waste, a big climate problem Every Thursday, California resident Richard Redmond takes a gallon-sized container of food scraps to the farmers market in the city of South Pasadena where it is collected and composted for use in gardens – an effort to reduce the amount of household waste he sends to landfill.
Reason · Nov 12, 2022 There's No Good Reason To Expand Government-Funded School Lunches It's an expensive policy with little upside.
The Guardian - UK · Nov 9, 2022 US farms lobby to use ‘cruellest’ killing method as bird flu rages Controversial killing method could become preferred option despite vets saying it should only be used as a last resort
The Independent UK · Nov 2, 2022 USDA says more than $200M will help meat processors expand The Agriculture Department announced more than $223 million in grants and loans Wednesday to help small and mid-sized meat processing plants expand to help boost competition in the highly concentrated industry
Tribune News Service · Nov 2, 2022 Commentary: They still die piece by piece Two decades after an article in The Washington Post, titled “They Die Piece by Piece,” detailed the horrors animals faced in slaughterhouses and exposed federal officials’ paltry enforcement of the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act (HMSA), little has changed. The meat industry and the agency entrusted with regulating it continue…
Salon · Nov 1, 2022 3 Costco recalls you should know about Recalls of products sold at the popular wholesale warehouse chain were announced via notices and the USDA
Benzinga · Nov 1, 2022 Cannabis, The Country's 6th Most Valuable Crop The USDA Totally Ignores, New Leafly Harvest Report Leafly Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: LFLY) has issued its second annual Cannabis Harvest Report, which reveals that in some states, cannabis is consistently one of the highest-value crops in the field, though the federal government - even some state and local governments - do not t