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02.26.2026 Democrats Continue Year-Long Push On Affordability That Began With Agenda To Reduce Housing Costs Now, Democrats Shine A Spotlight On Rising Food Prices And Household Costs Schumer Releases Report: “Trump’s Broken Promises: Devastating America’s Farmers And Working Families” Read The One-Pager On Report Here Read The Full Report Here Washington, D.C. – As Senate Democrats continue a year-long push…

Ted Genoways, Food & Environment Reporting NetworkWed 25 Feb 2026 McDonald’s and other food industry players accuse the big beef packers of collusion and price-gouging. The packers deny these allegations On 21 November, at the end of the first shift at the Tyson Foods beef processing plant in Lexington, Nebraska, all workers were called to the…

The new issues are in italics below. Thankful that more lawyers are opining as the markup (horse-trading) for the Farm Bill provisions begins on Monday at 1 pm.Meryl NassFeb 21https://waterkeeper.org/news/a-bad-week-for-clean-water-and-public-health-how-president-trumps-glyphosate-executive-order-and-the-2026-farm-bill-threaten-us-all/  On Wednesday, President Trump signed an executive order titled Promoting the National Defense by Ensuring an Adequate Supply of Elemental Phosphorus and Glyphosate-Based Herbicides. Using the…

February 20, 202610:38 AM ET Scott Horsley The Port of Los Angeles is a major gateway to the U.S. for cargo coming from Asia. But imports from China have dropped this year in response to President Trump’s tariffs. Mario Tama/Getty Images North America The Supreme Court ruled Friday that President Trump overstepped his authority when…

For Immediate Release Date: February 19, 2026 As Grocery Prices Skyrocket, Schumer Slams Trump Admin For Ignoring Concerning Trend Of Foreign Influence And Consolidation In Agriculture And Food Markets That Raise Costs For American Families And Hurt American Farmers And Ranchers Washington, D.C. – Today, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) urged the Trump administration to…

President Trump Makes a Mockery of MAHA, issues Executive Order to give domestic production of Glyphosate special rightsDestroying soybean sales to China wasn’t enough. Epstein files weren’t enough. Kidnapping Maduro wasn’t enough. MTG, Massie… Now Trump puts glyphosate on a pedestal. What did that cost Bayer?Meryl NassFeb 19How many votes will each of these inept,…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 17, 2026 CONTACT: Finn Storer press UFCW Blasts USDA’s Proposed Line Speed Rule “Today’s move risks taking us back to the days of Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle” WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW), which represents hundreds of thousands of meatpacking and food processing workers,…

FBI MOST WANTED LIST: Strafford, Mo., man 1 of 5 indicted in $220 million nationwide cattle fraud scheme By KY3 Staff Published: Feb. 13, 2026 at 2:23 PM MST FORT WORTH, Texas (Edited News Release/KY3) – A federal grand jury indicted five men, including a man from Strafford, for their roles in an alleged $220…

Wall Street Doesn’t Reward Resilience, Main Street Does Minnesota shows how small businesses can support their communities through crisis while large corporations make measured statements, or worse, cooperate with authoritarian overreach. Claire Kelloway Feb 5 Art studio in south Minneapolis. Photo copyright of Claire Kelloway. Minneapolis, my home, is at the center of the Trump…

The reason we do not have Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) for beef is because of relentless opposition from the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) and the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF). Vegetables, fruit, seafood, poultry, and even lamb are labeled and have been since the passage of the 2002 Farm Bill – with zero…