April 15, 2022 Industrial Agriculture and Urban Sprawl – A model of growth that’s made to fail. by Mike Callicrate The world is running out of fresh water. Day Zero, when the water runs out, is coming soon, especially to places like Colorado and the High Plains. The Arkansas and South Platte rivers that flow…
America’s wealthiest agriculture family has gotten even richer as the Ukraine war sends food prices skyrocketing Hannah Towey Apr 9, 2022, 9:59 AM Martha "Muffy" MacMillan speaks during Women’s Entrepreneurship Day at the United Nations in 2015. She is one of 12 billionaire heirs to the Cargill dynasty. Jemal Countess/Getty Images The Cargills, an agricultural…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 8, 2022 Media Contact: Dee Laninga, dlaninga, 202-450-0094 Farm Groups Urge USDA to Investigate Whole Foods’ “Antibiotic-Free” Claims for Public Safety and Market Fairness Washington, D.C. — Today Farm Action and the American Grassfed Association called on the USDA’s Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) to take immediate action in response to…
Survey: Small Businesses Rank Monopoly Power as Top Threat MARCH 30, 2022 We surveyed over 900 small, independent businesses across the U.S. and asked about the challenges they face and the policies they believe would improve their survival. Topping the list of threats were three issues that all have to do with concentrated market power…
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Wisconsin invests in small-scale butchers as demand for local meat rises By Lindsay Christians Mar 30, 2022 On a recent Monday, culinary instructor Joe Parajecki stood in front of students in butchers’ whites, their hair tucked up into hats, notebooks at the ready. In one hand, he lifted a well-marbled hunk of striploin, brandishing it…
Perhaps the Biggest Folly – Ignoring the Water Crisis Posted on March 29, 2022 by Mike Callicrate In 1985, Barbara W. Tuchman wrote the book, March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam. Tuchman defines folly as the pursuit by government of policies contrary to the people’s interests, despite the availability of feasible alternatives. The growing…
Pa. Senator Schwank Announces Hemp Feed Bill Eric Hurlock, ehurlock 16, 2022 Sen. Judy Schwank will soon be introducing a bill to allow hemp to be used as an ingredient in animal feed. Pennsylvania state Sen. Judy Schwank announced this week that she will be introducing legislation to allow hemp and its byproducts to be…
USDA Grants Cargill Beef Plant Self-Inspection, Raising Food Safety Concerns March 3rd, 2022 | Food & Water Watch A Cargill cattle slaughter plant in Schuyler, Nebraska has been granted a regulatory waiver by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) that will allow the plant’s employees to perform several critical safety inspections instead of federal inspectors….
Montana Cattlemen’s Association Press Release Release Date: March 10, 2022 Contact person: Gilles Stockton (406) 428-2183 Email: mca@montanacattlemen.org USDA LABELING FRAUD USDA has announced that they will conduct a survey to find out how much consumers are willing to pay in order for USDA to stop lying. The “Product of USA” label is consumer…