FOOD | HEALTH | DEMOCRACY
FOOD | HEALTH | DEMOCRACY
Today, as the 2025 Potato harvest quickly winds down across North America, prices are alarmingly low for open-market uncommitted Potatoes.We’re longtime subscribers to ‘North American Potato Market News,’ a weekly four-page briefing from Idaho on all things Potato world. NAPMN…
Will Brooke Rollins help small family farms? Liberty Nation News | John Klar | October 11, 2025 The Trump administration has supported large American crop farmers with increased funding in the Big Beautiful Bill, and there’s also a recent pledge…
European and U.S. bread differ in the type of wheat used, the chemicals added in the field and the fermentation process. These differences influence taste, nutrition and digestibility. Traditional European methods create cleaner, more nourishing loaves, while industrial practices in…
GMWatch | October 5, 2025 The Canadian Biotechnology Action Network (CBAN) reports that there are now just three genetically engineered (genetically modified or GM) fruits and vegetables sold in Canadian grocery stores.(1) However, produce sections could quickly be confronted with…
After Being Dropped as MAHA Priority, Atrazine Gets Another Clean Bill of Health in Pesticide-Friendly Administration Nathan Donley | Center for Biological Diversity | October 8, 2025 WASHINGTON— The Trump U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has announced that the widely…
If the Trump Administration truly wants to make children and our food healthier, it must stop dismantling proven programs. Kari Hammerschlag | The Progressive Magazine | October 1, 2025 In early September, the Trump Administration’s Make America Healthy Again Commission released a…
Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future | Christine Grillo | September 15, 2025 We’ve lost a giant in the food systems world. Fred Kirschenmann, 90, died on September 13, 2025, after a nine-month stay in hospice for advanced prostate…
Instead of delivering real change, the strategy appears to be just another example of the Trump administration putting the financial interests of polluting industries above people’s health. Common Dreams | by Sarah Starman | September 10, 2025 When it comes…
Report Falls Short on Reducing Chemical Harms to Children WASHINGTON, DC, September 9, 2025 — Food safety experts, including leaders within the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement, blasted the Trump administration’s just-released MAHA Commission Report, calling it a chemical and pesticide industry wish list. Below are reactions. “This report is…
