Trump Takes to Twitter to Defend His China Tariffs
Matt Rourke/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. President Donald Trump’s decision to impose tariffs on $200 billion worth of imported Chinese goods has been widely unpopular. Even so, on Wednesday, Trump decided to up the ante: He ordered his administration to consider raising the rate from 10 percent to 25…
Trump’s EU Deal Won’t Do a Thing to Help Soybean Farmers
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Donald Trump may have thing for soybean farmers—understandably, because the map of US soybean production tacks closely with that of the president’s support in the 2016 election. On Tuesday, he plucked $12 billion out of the federal Treasury to aid farmers ailing from severe price…
Paul Ryan Is Holding the Farm Bill Hostage Over Food Stamps
What a farm bill? Fine. Join me in kicking the poor. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images News Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The farm bill—once-every-five-years mega-legislation that shapes US agriculture and hunger policy—is back on the legislative agenda. The House and Senate are jockeying for position as they prepare to reconcile their…
Skyscrapers Full of Lettuce Promise an Eco-Friendly Alternative to Outdoor Farming. There’s Just One Problem.
Jun Cen Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. For growing food, the sun is yesterday’s technology. Soil? As quaint as an iPod. Such are the promises of vertical farms—indoor towers stacked high with crops. Waterborne nutrients feed the plants, and led lights drive their photosynthesis. The idea emerged back in 2000, when Columbia…
Welcome to Tampa, Where Feral Chickens Are High on the Pecking Order
Dylan Breese/Ybor Chicken Society Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Today, Tampa, Florida’s city council will decide the fate of its feathered population. The city’s Cuban quarter, called Ybor City, has long been home to roaming feral chickens. Smaller in stature and more agile than your ordinary backyard birds, they have…
Trump Just Nominated a Pesticide Exec to Oversee Science at the USDA
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Monday, while most media were still digesting President Donald Trump’s extraordinary travels abroad, the White House quietly named a long-time pesticide executive as chief scientist for the US Department of Agriculture. If approved by the Senate, Scott Hutchins will be the third major player…