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June 4, 2026 – Leaders of school meal organizations and former U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) heads say they are alarmed at the agency’s plan to relocate the employees who oversee 16 federal food and nutrition programs. As part of the agency’s broader reorganization, employees of the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) will be relocated […]
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Editor’s note: This story is the fourth in a four-part series examining the impact of Trump administration cuts to local food systems. As president, Biden made climate action a central pillar of his administration—including within the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). He worked with Congress to put more money into USDA programs that fund conservation […]
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Editor’s note: This story is the third in a four-part series examining the impact of Trump administration cuts to local food systems. As the farm moves toward the launch of summer shares, some workers in the greenhouse are potting up and packaging herb seedlings headed for Whole Foods; others are in the field planting onions. […]
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Editor’s note: This story is the second in a four-part series examining the impact of Trump administration cuts to local food systems. Dubrick also advocates for small-scale livestock farms as a policy organizer at the Illinois Stewardship Alliance, so he knows more about markets than the average farmer. Still, he soon discovered it would be […]
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June 1, 2026 – Despite thousands of comments in opposition, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) finalized a rule today to delay tighter regulations related to how contract farmers are paid within the chicken industry’s notorious “tournament system.” The regulations were part of a suite of rules finalized under former president Joe Biden that aimed […]
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