Month: November 2018

The Progressive Farmer: Groups Call on Congress to Freeze Agribusiness Mergers

by Chris Clayton | Nov. 1, 2018 A coalition of more than 200 groups want lawmakers to join legislation in Congress that would freeze mergers in agribusiness for companies with combined sales or assets higher than $175 million. The coalition sent a letter to members of Congress, noting “there has been a wave of food…



New Food Economy: How a 3.5-mile-long irrigation canal used by 23 farms caused the E. coli outbreak linked to romaine lettuce

by Joe Fassler | November 1st, 2018 FDA offers its first assessment of what happened in Yuma, Arizona. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Thursday offered its first thorough postmortem of the recent E. coli outbreak linked to romaine lettuce. We last heard from the agency on this topic in June, when it announced…