By Bonner Cohen, Ph.D. ~ “We will not approve wind or farmer destroying solar,” said President Trump in an Aug. 20 post on Truth Social. “The days of stupidity are over in the USA!!!” Trump’s remarks came six weeks after the enactment of his One Big Beautiful Bill, which terminated tax credits for wind and […]| PA Pundits International
Federal crop insurance pours billions of taxpayer money into corn and soybeans in Illinois, but leaves small fruit and vegetable farmers exposed. As climate risks grow, one Illinois specialty farmer says diversity, not subsidies, is his safety net.| KRCU Public Radio
According to the lawsuit, the demand from the USDA, which came in the form of a letter in May, threatened states with noncompliance procedures if they refused to comply. These procedures could include SNAP funding cuts.| CT News Junkie
The Alaska Food Policy Council had planned to award grants to over 50 food and farm businesses across Alaska.| KTOO
The bureaucratic hurdles in visa processing, high costs of importing labor, and lack of affordable housing for agricultural workers have hindered the Department of Agriculture's initiative to address the challenge of harvesting coffee in the mountainous regions of Puerto Rico.| Centro de Periodismo Investigativo
Mindanao's longest-running community newspaper| Mindanao Times
Farmers and consumers demand anew the junking of the Rice Liberalization Law, import Liberalization, and seeks compensation to affected rural-based sectors whose livelihood were damaged by El Niño …| updates from the peasant movement of the Philippines
