USDA Supports Our Veterans

USDA Supports America’s Heroes Preparedness and defense are critical to America’s food and agriculture sectors and to sustaining and growing rural America. That’s why the U.S. Department of Agriculture is looking to military veterans across the country to fill the roles that keep America’s food supply safe and secure, preserve… Continue reading

U.S. let in record 317,000 agricultural guest workers – November 10, 2021

U.S. let in record 317,000 agricultural guest workers With American farmers increasingly relying on foreign agricultural laborers, the Labor Department approved 317,619 seasonal guest workers during the fiscal year that ended on Sept. 30, up 15 percent from a year earlier, a farmworker advocacy group said on Tuesday. Cattle reformers… Continue reading

‘Build back’ bill offers work authorization for undocumented immigrants – November 5, 2021

‘Build back’ bill offers work authorization for undocumented immigrants Hundreds of thousands of undocumented farmworkers could gain employment and travel authorization under provisions in the social welfare and climate change bill drafted by House Democrats. But while the proposal would relieve fears of deportation, it was far less than the… Continue reading

‘Overfed but undernourished’ — Congress is told U.S. in health crisis – November 3, 2021

‘Overfed but undernourished’ — Congress is told U.S. in health crisis Poor-quality diets are driving an expensive epidemic of obesity, diabetes and heart disease in America, a panel of physicians, researchers and policy experts told senators on Tuesday. They called for a national strategy to replace the mishmash of federal… Continue reading

Voters to decide constitutional ‘right to food’ in Maine – November 2, 2021

Voters to decide constitutional ‘right to food’ in Maine Maine enacted the country’s first food sovereignty law in 2017 to encourage food self-sufficiency. Now, its voters will decide whether to declare a first-in-the-nation constitutional right to food “including the right to save and exchange seeds and the right to grow,… Continue reading