Search
farming
food politics
Politics of the Plate: An Apple a Day
Just make sure it’s an organic apple, if you want to keep the oncologist and cardiologist away.
05.05.09
- Keywords
- health + science,
- farming,
- organics market,
- apples,
- agriculture
food politics
Politics of the Plate: Planting Rumors
A new piece of federal legislation has sustainable-food advocates worried that backyard gardening and farmers markets are under siege. Are they really?
04.07.09
food politics
Politics of the Plate: Harvest of Hope
After 15 years of asking, a Florida farmworkers’ group has finally gotten the governor to condemn abusive practices in the state’s tomato fields.
03.31.09
food politics
Politics of the Plate: Drug Bust
Roughly 70 percent of the total antibiotics used in the United States are consumed by healthy farm animals—but a new bill would restrict the drugs’ use to cases where the animal is sick....
03.23.09
- Keywords
- politics of the plate,
- farms + fish,
- legislation,
- barry estabrook,
- farming
food politics
Politics of the Plate: Tomato Summit
Florida Governor Charlie Crist has finally agreed to meet with representatives from a farmworkers’ organization to discuss the dismal labor conditions in the state’s tomato fields....
03.19.09
food politics
Politics of the Plate: Blowin’ in the Wind
A recent EPA ruling cracks down on particulate emissions—also known as dust—from farms, and agricultural industry groups are up in arms.
03.10.09
- Keywords
- barry estabrook,
- politics of the plate,
- farms + fish,
- agriculture,
- farming
food politics
Who is Kathleen Merrigan?
The new nominee for Deputy Secretary of Agriculture is a spot-on selection by Obama and Vilsack.
03.05.09
- Keywords
- food policy,
- agriculture,
- kathleen merrigan,
- barack obama,
- sam hurst
food politics
Politics of the Plate: Florida’s Slave Trade
Government inaction may help explain why the tomato fields of the Sunshine State are fertile ground for forced labor.
03.02.09
- Keywords
- politics of the plate,
- food policy,
- agriculture,
- barry estabrook,
- farming
food politics
The Farm Bloc
The Senate Committee on Agriculture is responsible for U.S. farm policy as we know it—but Kirsten Gillibrand, the committee’s newest member, may help push it in a better direction....
02.25.09
- Keywords
- agriculture,
- farms + fish,
- farming,
- produce,
- sam hurst
food politics
Politics of the Plate: Beeting the System
Sugar from GM beets could soon be finding its way into our foods—but 73 grocers and food manufacturers have pledged to avoid it.
02.24.09
- Keywords
- barry estabrook,
- politics of the plate,
- food policy,
- nutrition/diet,
- farming