A Federal Jury Just Fined the Pork Industry $50 Million for Being Bad Neighbors
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. For decades, the largely African-American communities situated near massive hog operations on North Carolina’s coastal plain have endured fetid odors that trigger eye irritation, difficulty breathing, and feelings of stress and anxiety. On Thursday, 10 hog-country residents got some relief. In the first verdict in…
Kirsten Gillibrand Takes Aim at ICE After an Arrest at a New York Dairy Farm
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Things have gone sour for New York’s dairy industry, the third-largest of any US state. Years of low milk prices have led to steady stream of farm closings and farmer suicides. The industry’s workforce, which includes large numbers of immigrants, faces low wages, long hours, and high…
A New Study Shows the Stunning Amount of Food People Toss in the Garbage Every Day
Brian Jenkins/UVM Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Before you toss that bruised apple or let your leftovers spoil in the fridge, you might want to digest this: New research finds that Americans waste nearly a pound of food per person every day. That’s roughly equal to 30 percent of the average…
House Republicans Propose Strict Work Requirements for Food Stamp Recipients
jetcityimage/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The Republican chairman of the House Agriculture Committee proposed a dramatic change in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) today that would tighten eligibility rules and require some six million “work-capable” adults to work at least 20 hours a week or attend job-training classes…
Stressed, Struggling, and Suicidal: America’s Farmers Are Begging for Mental Health Services
Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Farmers’ advocacy groups called on Congress Monday to reauthorize, “with adequate funding,” a program that provides mental health services to distressed American farmers and their families. “Despite the growing need,” notes a letter to House and Senate agricultural committees signed by 36 rural and farming…
The Edibles Market Is Exploding. You Can Bet Big Corporations Are Watching.
Edibles on display at a California marijuana dispensary Brian Cahn/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In America, pot is what’s hot. So far, nine states—California, Colorado, Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Maine, Massachusetts, Alaska, Vermont—and Washington D.C. have legalized recreational, adult-use weed. Meanwhile, venture capitalists are pumping the industry with cash; college students…