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Climate change isn’t high priority for $1.2 billion USDA farm stewardship program
Tackling the rising climate costs of American food and farming
Even if the U.S. stopped burning fossil fuels tomorrow, rising greenhouse gas emissions from food and farming could make a climate catastrophe unavoidable.
EWG: ‘Forever chemicals’ may taint nearly 20 million cropland acres
It’s time to reform the Conservation Reserve Program – but not for the reason you might think
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack was right to reject efforts this week to allow farmers to plow up lands enrolled in the Agriculture Department’s Conservation Reserve Program, or CRP, to grow more...
Why is EWG talking about plant-based foods and the climate crisis?
Flush with cash, farmers ask Congress for even more money
USDA livestock subsidies near $50 billion, EWG analysis finds
Our beef with Big Beef’s bad math
Pesticide peril: Toxic threats to farmworkers and families in Ventura County
‘Low carbon’ beef: As nonsensical as ‘low cancer’ cigarettes
Should Secretary Vilsack speak to the Farm Bureau?
You might be surprised to find out a member of President Biden’s cabinet was addressing an organization that opposes gay marriage, supports making English our official language, opposes the removal of...
Can plant-based foods end Big Meat’s monopoly and help the climate?
Meat prices are skyrocketing, in part because just four meat companies control 85 percent of U.S. beef supplies. In response, President Joe Biden this week introduced an action plan targeting...
More meat means more land use and even more greenhouse gases
Don’t believe the meat industry’s claims of embracing sustainability and using less land to produce more meat. Land use, and its associated greenhouse gas emissions, are rising. Plowing grassland and...
Tackling food, farming emissions key to avoiding climate catastrophe
Even if we stopped burning fossil fuels today, greenhouse gas emissions from food and farming could make a climate catastrophe unavoidable.
Meat’s math problem is exacerbating the climate crisis
Forever chemicals from military bases may be lurking in agricultural water supplies
Hundreds of potentially toxic algae outbreaks have plagued water in 2021
Toxic algae exposure leads to more than 300 emergency room visits in three years
Harmful algae blooms caused 321 emergency room visits between 2017 and 2019 for respiratory, gastrointestinal, neurologic and skin problems, a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study says...
Avoid potentially toxic algae during Labor Day weekend: Almost 400 outbreaks already in 2021
Growing farm conservation backlog shows need for Congress to spend smarter
Despite billions of dollars in federal spending, the U.S. has a growing backlog of farmers seeking assistance for conservation efforts that can protect drinking water supplies. It’s time for Congress...