The federal government's beef checkoff program this week is running advertisements in GroceryDive , a trade news site, targeting grocery...

In a public comment submitted today, my colleagues Fang Fang Zhang, Jennifer Pomeranz, and I encourage the 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines Adv...

The question for this new video (third in a series) is: Should the federal government stop encouraging Americans to eat more beef, pork, and...

In connection with the second edition of Food Policy in the United States: An Introduction  (Routledge/Earthscan, 2018), here is the second ...

The federal district court in Washington, DC , yesterday stopped the $3 million annual payments that the federal government's semi-publi...

New research released yesterday from leading agricultural economists Glynn Tonsor, Jayson Lusk, and Ted Schroeder finds that growing media ...

The fluid milk and dairy checkoff programs are required by law each year to submit a Report to Congress. But these reports have gone missing...

The Washington Post on June 15 reports the story, good for a laugh at stupid Americans and their ignorance about where their food comes fr...

Harry Kaiser (Cornell University) and I have enjoyed putting together a lively session later today, discussing the question: Are checkoff pr...

Here is a small example of Washington at its worst. The Capital Press reports this week that several agriculture commodity organization...

USDA https://www.flickr.com/photos/usdagov/ CC BY-ND. Rebecca Lampman lives and works with her husband and three children on their 250 ...

Attorney and advocate Michele Simon yesterday posted a remarkable story based on emails from the egg checkoff program, acquired through a F...

Danny Vinik in Politico's Agenda today: Pork hasn't been "the other white meat" for years—after a 24-year run as the ce...

Each year, USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) sends an official Report to Congress summarizing the activities of the dairy chec...

In a setback for the federal "checkoff" generic advertising and promotion program for pork, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Dist...

Should the Dietary Guidelines for Americans address environmental sustainability issues? The Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (DGAC) ...

Jessica Alba and Cam Newton participated recently in an upbeat advertisement for healthful fruit and vegetables , sponsored by the Partnersh...

Frontline last night had an excellent report , the Trouble with Antibiotics, on the plausible link between dangerous antibiotic resistant di...

USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack said this week that he shares farmers' frustrations and will use his authority to make necessary changes to t...

Food industry critic and reform advocate Michele Simon this week released a new report sharply critical of marketing practices for certain ...