Farm Bill

Lance Cheung/USDA

September 28, 2023

The IRA Made Huge Climate Investments in Rural Areas. Now, the Food and Farm Bill Must Maintain Them.

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

photo of two Black farmers, one male and one female, standing side by side looking out at their farm, with woods in the background

Bill Cotter/UCS

September 21, 2023

Heirs’ Property: The Legal Issue That Has Cost Black Farmers $326 Billion

Archie Creech
Outreach Coordinator

Mark Stebnicki/Pexels

August 10, 2023

Ask a Scientist: Will the New Farm Bill Transform the US Food System?

Elliott Negin
Senior Writer

close-up photo of a hand holding a mound of dark, moist soil

USDA

March 28, 2023

Why Soil Health Is So Important to the Agriculture Resilience Act

Omanjana Goswami
Interdisciplinary Scientist

photo of cashiers and customers in several checkout lines at a Walmart store

QualityHD/Shutterstock

March 13, 2023

How Big Food Corporations Take Advantage of SNAP

Alice Reznickova
Interdisciplinary Scientist

Lance Cheung/USDA

March 2, 2023

Farmland Consolidation, Not Chinese Ownership, Is the Real National Security Threat

Omanjana Goswami
Interdisciplinary Scientist

photo of a smiling US Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack holding copies of the 2023 interim report by the USDA Equity Commission; he is flanked by one female and one male member of the commission who are both applauding; the US flag and the USDA flag are in the background

Tom Witham/USDA

March 2, 2023

Will an Equity Commission Report Address Systemic Racism at the USDA?

Alice Reznickova
Interdisciplinary Scientist

photo of soldiers in camouflage uniforms and masks at a long table filling many crates with food supplies

Georgia National Guard/Maj. Charles W. Westrip

December 21, 2022

Hunger Is a Long-Term Emergency—Federal Benefits Should Reflect That

Alice Reznickova
Interdisciplinary Scientist

photo of two signs in front of the entrance to Eastie Farm in East Boston, MA. One hanging on a fence explains its mission; the other on a chalkboard lists what is available this day for people participating in its CSA program.

Eastie Farm/Agnieszka Rytych-Foster

December 20, 2022

How Do You Fight for Environmental, Climate, and Food Justice? Eastie Farm Offers a Recipe

Alice Reznickova
Interdisciplinary Scientist

A person holds up an enormous zucchini, smiling (the person, not the zucchini). They are part of the Institute of American Indian Arts, a Land-Grant Tribal College and University. They are Land-Grant program Gardner Teresa Kaulaity Quintana (Kiowa), who leads the gardening team, operations, instruction and outreach for all things related the campus demonstration garden and greenhouse, in Santa Fe, NM. Photo taken on Sept. 11, 2019.

Lance Cheung, USDA/Flickr

December 6, 2022

How Should the USDA Spend its Research Budget? (We Have Some Ideas.)

Alice Reznickova
Interdisciplinary Scientist

photo of a woman speaking to a crowd on a city street through a microphone, in front of a sign that says "sub-poverty wages: I'm not lovin' it"

Carlos Fernandez, CIW/Flickr

November 21, 2022

How Many Farmworkers Are Food Insecure? It’s Hard to Tell

Alice Reznickova
Interdisciplinary Scientist

President Joe Biden greets farm workers in Central Lake, Michigan.

White House

September 13, 2022

President Biden’s Farm Bill Must Transform Our Food System

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

Phil Roeder/Flickr

January 8, 2019

Four Things the New Congress Can Do to Hold Trump’s USDA Accountable

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue attends a Farmer's Roundtable where President Donald Trump signed the Executive Order Promoting Agriculture and Rural Prosperity in America April 25, 2017, at the White House in Washington, D.C.. USDA photo by Preston Keres

December 20, 2018

The 2018 Farm Bill Is Now Law. But the Shenanigans Continue…

Ricardo Salvador
Director, Food & Environment Program

Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue attends a Farmer's Roundtable where President Donald Trump signed the Executive Order Promoting Agriculture and Rural Prosperity in America April 25, 2017, at the White House in Washington, D.C.. USDA photo by Preston Keres

December 20, 2018

Trump Administration Seeks to Undermine SNAP After Congress Negotiates Bipartisan Farm Bill

Sarah Reinhardt
Former Contributor

USDA

December 18, 2018

The Bipartisan 2018 Farm Bill Brings Some Consequences, Cautious Optimism for Conservation

Marcia DeLonge
Former Contributor

Photo: Sustainable Food Center

October 1, 2018

Lapsed Farm Bill Hurts Central Texas Farmers and Low-income Families

Sarah Reinhardt
Former Contributor

September 5, 2018

Why the Farm Bill Should Invest in Agroecology Research: An Interview with Dr. Selena Ahmed

Mike Lavender
Former Contributor

Andy Ciordia/Flickr

September 4, 2018

What Happens in the Next 26 Days Could Change Our Food and Farm Future

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

August 8, 2018

Farmers Markets and SNAP: Thanks, New York…Your Move, Congress

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

August 2, 2018

Why Republican Farm Bill Negotiators Should Think Twice About Attacks on SNAP

Sarah Reinhardt
Former Contributor

Michael Vadon

July 24, 2018

Trump Administration Declares Poverty is Over, We Can All Go Home Now

Sarah Reinhardt
Former Contributor

b1-foto/Pixabay

July 9, 2018

Across the United States, Local Food Investments Link Harvest to Health

Sarah Reinhardt
Former Contributor

Photo: Tim McCable, USDA/CC BY 2.0 (Flickr)

June 21, 2018

What Our 50-State Scorecard Says About Farming and Water Pollution (and What the Farm Bill Should Do About It)

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director