It’s time to hit the reset button on GMOs
GMO 2.0 is happening whether we want it or not—let’s make sure it’s a power for good. With genetically modified organisms ...
The Shreveport Times5d
USDA cuts two food programs dealing with school meals and food pantries. Louisiana impacts
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has canceled approximately $1 billion in food purchasing from local farmers for schools and food banks. Around $660 million that would go towards schools ...
Acsh.org6d
The Media and I: Regulating GMOs
This time, a California judge’s decision to roll back progress on the oversight of genetically engineered crops effectively shoved American agriculture back into the 1980s. I explained to Lars that ...
USA Today20d
USDA looks at boosting egg imports in $1 billion plan to lower prices and combat bird flu
The Department of Agriculture plans to increase imports of eggs as part of a $1 billion initiative to address a shortage caused by the bird flu outbreak. The avian flu strain H5N1, first ...
Snopes.com6d
Fired USDA employees reinstated by judge's order, but their future is uncertain
In March 2025, social media users claimed (archived) that the U.S. Department of Agriculture had rehired 6,000 employees after they were fired in February as part of the Trump administration's ...
Fox News6d
Federal dietary guidelines will soon change for Americans, HHS and USDA announce
The "Make America Healthy Again" commission held an inaugural meeting on Monday with USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins and HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The USDA and HHS have since announced ...
Reuters8d
USDA cuts over $1 billion in funding for schools, local food purchases
March 10 (Reuters) - The U.S. Agriculture Department has cut two federal programs that spent over $1 billion annually to help schools and food banks buy food from local farms and ranches ...
High Plains Journal4d
Geneticist outlines promise of gene editing
An animal geneticist told Kansas cattle producers recently that a gene editing technique is a safe option for shortening the ...
The Hill21d
Farmers, green groups sue USDA over ‘unlawful purge’ of climate data
Farmers and green groups sued the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Monday for an “unlawful purge” of climate data from its website. “This lawsuit challenges the U.S. Department of ...
Bloomberg L.P.22d
USDA Faces Lawsuit Over Purge of Climate Change Information
The US Department of Agriculture is facing a legal challenge over its move to wipe out information on climate change from its websites. The USDA’s purge has hurt farmers and advisers who rely on ...
Des Moines Register25d
USDA lifts Trump freeze on some funding owed to farmers, vast majority remains on hold
The U.S. Department of Agriculture says it will release about $20 million in funding for previously approved contracts that had been frozen by the Trump administration's push to overhaul the ...
Wired27d
USDA Layoffs Derail Projects Benefiting American Farmers
The widespread layoff of Department of Agriculture scientists has thrown vital research into disarray, according to former and current employees of the agency. Scientists hit by the layoffs were ...