Capital Press | Farm group sounds alarm on carbon credit bill Reposted from: https://www.capitalpress.com/climate_changed/farm-group-sounds-alarm-on-carbon-credit-bill/article_3f6f556e-a45b-11eb-bf06-3783923f63ed.html  Legislation to help lower the barriers that prevent farmers, ranchers and forest landowners from participating in […]

Mother Jones | President Biden’s Trustbusters Aren’t Just Experts on Tech. They Know About Big Ag. Reposted from: https://www.motherjones.com/food/2021/03/president-bidens-trust-monopoly-tech-big-ag/ President Joe Biden looks like he’s ready to bust up some […]

Brownfield Ag News | Missouri Cattle Market Investigation Gaining Steam Reposted from: https://brownfieldagnews.com/news/missouri-cattle-market-investigation-gaining-steam/ The Farm Action Fund Alliance is calling for more states to follow Missouri’s lead pushing to investigate […]

The Nation | Behind the Scenes: Personnel as Policy in the Biden Administration Reposted from: https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/personnel-policy-biden-administration/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/joe-biden-administration-like-mullet-establishment-progressives_n_60162c18c5b622df90f40e57 President Biden is filling out his administration with some of the most diverse, progressive appointees in history. […]

Huffington Post | Joe Biden’s Administration Is Starting To Look Like A Mullet Reposted from: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/joe-biden-administration-like-mullet-establishment-progressives_n_60162c18c5b622df90f40e57 President Joe Biden’s administration is beginning to look like an ideological mullet: all establishment […]

Slate | Biden Needs to Bust Big Ag Immediately Reposted from: https://slate.com/business/2021/01/biden-big-food-agribusiness-rural-states-antitrust.html During the contest for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders ran on a […]

Food & Environment Reporting Network | Farmers, advocates concerned about Vilsack’s record on dairy issues Reposted from: https://thefern.org/ag_insider/farmers-advocates-concerned-about-vilsacks-record-on-dairy-issues/ Some dairy farmers and advocates are worried that president-elect Joe Biden’s pick […]

Fox News | Biden agricultural secretary pick made $1M a year off struggling farmers Reposted from: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-agricultural-secretary-pick-made-1m-a-year-off-struggling-farmers  President-elect Joe Biden plucked Tom Vilsack to serve as agricultural secretary, a former Iowa governor who filled […]

The American Prospect | Biden on the Farm Reposted from: https://prospect.org/day-one-agenda/biden-on-the-farm-agriculture-food-policy/ President Donald Trump has repeatedly assured America’s farmers that he “love[s] and respect[s]” them, calling them “great patriots.” But […]

E&E News | Could Marcia Fudge change USDA for people of color? Reposted from: https://www.eenews.net/stories/1063719357 Rep. Marcia Fudge had lost her patience with Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue by February 2019. […]