The Economic Research Service collects data on how many Americans lack access to food. When the agency moves to Kansas City, former employees say all of it could be lost.
Critics of the USDA's new stocking standards say their opposition is about incentivizing retailers, not about penalizing people for what's in their grocery cart.
Historic flooding this year is setting back planting season. Climate change will force farmers to adjust to similarly brutal weather events in the future.
And other key takeaways from the latest Census of Agriculture.
Sam Clovis likely to be named undersecretary of the USDA department that manages research on everything from climate change to nutrition.
No group has better mapped and internalized the geography of waste—or been bolder about wading into the cesspools where trash accumulates.
New data on vegetable consumption raises a question we too easily overlook.
America's finally set to tackle its food-waste problem. That's a good thing, because the issue runs very, very deep.
An advocacy group uncovers shocking conditions in the country’s largest rabbit processing plant, raising questions about why the USDA and its Humane Slaughter Act do nothing to protect a whole class of animals.
A new survey reveals that biofuel crops have expanded onto millions of acres of new land, with serious consequences for the environment.
Millions have been spent on initiatives to eliminate food deserts, which are thought to contribute to the increasing incidence of diabetes and obesity in low-income areas. How are disadvantaged people faring in the middle of California, one of the nation's prime agricultural states?
The National School Lunch Program aims to deliver affordable and nutritious meals to our schoolchildren, but it usually only meets one of those goals.
Did closing slaughterhouses really lead to an increase in animal abuse?
