FOUND: 4 - What They Never Told You

Specialty crop producers seek farm bill recognition, support - Roll Call

Growers of specialty crops are urging lawmakers to give their interests higher priority in the 2023 farm bill.

Roll Call · May 15, 2023

Biden, Agriculture committee leaders to discuss farm bill goals - Roll Call

President Joe Biden and the four leaders of House and Senate Agriculture committees are scheduled to meet Thursday on the farm bill.

Roll Call · May 10, 2023

The future of the U.S. diet

What long-term effects will the next farm bill have on our eating habits at large?

Salon · May 8, 2023

Lawmakers steer toward food stamp clash on work requirements - Roll Call

Food stamps are on course again to be a flash point in the farm bill as some Republicans want to add work requirements for recipients.

Roll Call · Apr 18, 2023

Advocates eye farm bill to avert drop in affordable rural housing

WASHINGTON — Housing advocates are turning to this year’s farm bill in an effort to steer rural communities away from an affordable housing cliff ahead.

Tribune News Service · Apr 16, 2023

Advocates eye farm bill to avert drop in affordable rural housing - Roll Call

As property owners retire mortgages in an Agriculture Department program, the apartments lose their eligibility for aid.

Roll Call · Apr 11, 2023

Editorial: It’s back: Farm bill still crammed with subsidies, pork

Decades ago, when the late Harry Reid was relatively new to the upper chamber, a book arrived at our offices courtesy of the Democratic senator. It was “The Farm Fiasco” by libertarian author James Bovard, a piercing work that critically examined the labyrinth of subsidies, handouts, pork and market distortions…

Tribune News Service · Apr 3, 2023

This Year's Farm Bill Threatens To Be a Bigger Monster Than Ever

The massive piece of legislation embodies all that is wrong with American lawmaking.

Reason · Mar 29, 2023

"Punitive" GOP bill threatens food aid

About a quarter of all food stamp recipients could lose their benefits

Salon · Mar 21, 2023

Reconnecting the Rural eConnectivity Program to Reality

Upcoming Farm Bill should include reforms to make sure rural broadband funding goes where needed

Multichannel News · Mar 16, 2023