Emily Moon

As more students search for their next meal, there's increasing demand for programs that go beyond the food pantry.

It could be years before farmers see any gains from the rollback of E15 restrictions—or before oil interests and environmental groups see any losses.

Although drought conditions are improving across most of the U.S., more than 40 percent of Navajo households still don't have running water at home.

PFAS in water are already regulated. Environmental advocates think it's time for food to be regulated too.

Historic flooding this year is setting back planting season. Climate change will force farmers to adjust to similarly brutal weather events in the future.

This round could be even more costly for U.S. agriculture and consumers.

The roughly 40 million Americans who use food assistance programs are also helping to create jobs.

This week, the state came one step closer to becoming the first to extend Medicaid to all undocumented immigrants.

A new memo could have a chilling effect on both family-based immigration and participation in public-benefit programs.

An annual Federal Reserve Board report found that more Americans are financially secure in 2018. Most of them are white.

California says it's owed $9.3 million for fighting fires on federal lands. The Forest Service says the state is overbilling.

Amid attacks on several food security programs from the Trump administration, this proposed change could ignite yet another debate about where we draw the line.

Under the new law, local standards regulating industrial-scale livestock operations cannot be stricter than any of those set by the state.

The College Board plans to score a student's adversity from one to 100.

Here's we know about women in agriculture in 2019.

This is the third strike against the agribusiness giant, now owned by Bayer.

Corn and soybeans—the crops that have been hardest hit by the tariffs—are typically used for animal feed, not human consumption.

A new study finds the industry giant was frequently given the right to oversee and even terminate public-sector research.

New analysis of federal data shows the largest single-year decrease in WIC's history. Participation is down in SNAP and the school lunch program too.

Here's what experts say about best practices to prevent sexual harassment on the campaign trail.

Experts believe the change would result in more low-income families going without food assistance.

The dairy industry has seen its fair share of disruptors. Now, an Australian food company has made fresh milk that can last for 60 days.

New state measures are targeting riced vegetable products to protect the rice industry.

The lawsuit would force church officials to release the names of alleged abusers in dioceses across the state.

How plant patents work in the U.S. and India.

Citing growing wildfire risk, the state's private utilities are attempting to increase their rates significantly.

The ACLU of Iowa argues this law is no different than its predecessor, which was ruled unconstitutional this year.

For a trio of anti-LGBT discrimination cases, the issue revolves around the meaning of one word: sex.

Here's what the change could mean for food security among SNAP participants.

Federal regulation of research tissue from the deceased is prefaced on the assumption that the dead (tissue) stays dead. A new experiment suggests otherwise.

Alison Van Eenennaam has spent the last decade explaining gene editing to critics who find fear more compelling than data. Is anybody listening?

An art historian and theorist explains how places become invested with cultural meaning and memory, and what happens when we lose them.

Six states are restricting lawsuits against concentrated animal feeding operations in ways that will disproportionately affect low-income communities.

Students ask the media to publicize their images if they die in a shooting, a prison in Mississippi will replace in-person visits with low-budget Skype, and a minor planet gets its name.

And other key takeaways from the latest Census of Agriculture.

Imaging a supermassive black hole takes a massive amount of funding.

The city's health department will begin imposing fines for unvaccinated people living in the neighborhood of Williamsburg.

North Dakota is the latest state to restrict the use of the term in food labeling to protect its livestock industry.

Even as men profess to understand affirmative consent in their jokes and apologies, many conflate sexual desire with consent in practice.

A new report finds that racial discrimination within USDA programs is responsible for this decline.

The agency says it is looking into the use of CBD in food as well as deceptive marketing of CBD products.

The agency wants to update food packaging rules so that such labeling is based on scientific evidence.

In a letter, the lawmakers urge the USDA to reconsider a proposed rule that would make it harder for able-bodied adults without children to receive food assistance.

The presidential candidate proposes to fight industrial agriculture through reforms on mergers, checkoff programs, right-to-repair, and country-of-origin labels.

Though the agency eliminated the extra-small and small in previous space suits, NASA's lead spokesperson says sizing will factor into new designs.

A new study finds that substantial reductions in spending on red meat resulted in lower greenhouse gas emissions.

Public-health experts say the measure is unusual, but necessary.

Can the space suits of tomorrow overcome the gender disparities of today?

Political psychologists weigh in on whether people's views will change, and how entrenched our partisan identities are.

Silence speaks volumes (and so does interrupting women and making mean jokes).