California voters are considering a ballot initiative to require mandatory labeling for foods that contain Genetically Modified Organism (GM...

The Nation this week explores the American Farm Bureau , which, through affiliated organizations, is simultaneously one of the most importan...

Mark Bittman this week describes how he overcame years of heartburn by giving up milk.  Though the NYT columnist agrees this experience har...

In contrast with the medium-sized cuts to SNAP proposed by the Senate (see earlier post ), the House Agriculture Committee today proposed de...

The Senate is debating the 2012 Farm Bill, which reauthorizes agriculture, conservation, and nutrition assistance programs for another five ...

The American Soybean Association (ASA) this week slammed Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC) for proposing that checkoff contributions should be volun...

Everybody seems to be saying that New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has proposed to ban sodas in containers larger than 16 ounces . Wh...