Project 2025 Spells Out Big Changes to US Agriculture - Civil Eats
2024年7月22日 · As of March 2024, the most recent month for which data is available, more than 301,000 farms had close to 25 million acres enrolled in CRP; that’s a lot of acreage, but it represents less than 3 percent of U.S. farmland.. Project 2025, a conservative Republican presidential transition blueprint spearheaded by the Heritage Foundation, proposes eliminating …
Project 2025 Calls for Major Cuts to SNAP and WIC | Civil Eats
2024年8月28日 · Project 2025, the right-wing playbook for the executive branch, has gained feverish political attention in recent weeks as a central talking point of Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign and many speakers at the Democratic National Convention. The sweeping, 920-page document calls for drastic overhauls of federal agencies as well as the …
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How Four Years of Trump Reshaped Food and Farming
2020年11月2日 · In 2017, the EPA reversed an Obama-era ban on chlorpyrifos, a pesticide the agency previously determined was linked to brain damage in children. After battling lawsuits, the agency reaffirmed the decision in 2019 and in 2020, it released a new assessment of the pesticide that excluded several studies and found the science on its dangers “remains unresolved.”
Kennedy Pushes MAHA, but Does the Movement Promote Health …
2024年10月9日 · For instance, pesticide industry operators have always had an inside line to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) officials, but their influence ballooned under Trump.Rebeckah Adcock moved from CropLife America, the industry’s powerful trade association, to a position as senior advisor to Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue and continued to meet with her industry …
Climate Solutions for the Future of Coffee | Civil Eats
2024年5月21日 · Some 50 percent of current coffee-growing land will likely be unsuitable for arabica by 2050. Brazil, Vietnam, Colombia, and Indonesia, four of the biggest coffee nations, are on that list. Growers there are looking for ways to delay the tipping point. On the plus side, locations further from the equator—the U.S. Gulf Coast, China’s Yunnan province, and parts of …
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The ‘Soft Path’ of Water for Farmers in the Western US
2024年10月28日 · In his latest book, The Three Ages of Water, Gleick describes what he calls a “soft path” for water conservation, moving beyond the hard infrastructure and rigid policies we’ve relied on in the past.This means rethinking attitudes toward growth, while recognizing water as a fundamental human right and a source of broader ecological health.
400 Years After the Slave Trade Began, Tracing the Roots of …
2019年12月5日 · After Emancipation in 1863, African Americans began to write cookbooks that reached the mainstream public. In 1881, What Mrs. Fisher Knows About Old Southern Cooking included a recipe called “Jumberlie” that looked a lot like modern-day jambalaya. As the dish evolved over time, it was commonly identified by the use of tomatoes or tomato paste, as well …
The Next Farm Bill Could Fix Checkoff Programs | Civil Eats
2024年1月17日 · The beef ads were paid for with funds collected through federal research and promotion programs, also called commodity checkoff programs.Started as a voluntary way for farmers and ranchers to pool their resources and promote their products, checkoff programs are now mandatory for producers of 22 different commodities, and in addition to paying for …