Marcus Baram for Capital & Main On April 21, nearly two months into the Iran war, the Pentagon unveiled a $1.5 trillion budget request that promised to bolster services for…
ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the…
The Rhode Island project to create local jobs, launch compost hubs, and reduce emissions was years in the making.
By George B. Sanchéz-Tello / Capital & Main Every year brings its own unique challenges for California farmers: water shortages, fires, finding laborers to do the work, bureaucrats in Sacramento…
Barring any major policy changes that continue to slow inflation and dramatically reduce the price of food in 2024 or 2025, this rate is unlikely to drop again in the…
Half of all babies — including mine — rely on this essential program. But unless Congress acts, millions could face food insecurity.
About 28 million people experienced food scarcity this fall — a significant portion of whom are over 65.
"Effective federal public policies over the previous few years were spectacularly successful in stemming U.S. hunger, but as many of those policies have been reversed, hunger has again soared," said…
As a result of pandemic relief policies expiring under the Biden administration, Americans faced the largest one-year increase of poverty on record.
"Congress must follow suit and make this a reality for every child who calls America home," said U.S. Rep. Ayanna Pressley.
Don’t ignore the role of financial speculation
"It's shameful that Americans are left food insecure and have to skip meals while corporations and their wealthy shareholders enjoy the spoils of supersized profits under unjustified price hikes."
The U.S. must end its unfair trade practices and stop flooding Haiti’s markets with food that can be grown locally.
By Diego Ramos / Original to ScheerPost With nuclear war becoming a growing concern in the world, scientists, in an authoritative study published by Nature Food, dug deeper into the…
Michael Klare makes clear that the war in Ukraine is the last thing on Earth (so to speak) that we need right now.
