The Field Report

GLENDALE, ARIZONA - AUGUST 23: Former Republican presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump shake hands during a campaign rally at Desert Diamond Arena on August 23, 2024 in Glendale, Arizona. Kennedy announced today that he was suspending his presidential campaign and supporting former President Trump. (Photo by Rebecca Noble/Getty Images)

Can Trump and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. ‘Make America Healthy Again’?

By Lisa Held

October 9, 2024

In this week’s Field Report, MAHA lands on Capitol Hill, climate-friendly farm funding, and more.

The US Weakens a UN Declaration on Antibiotic Resistance

By Lisa Held

September 25, 2024

Cows are seen in a confined feeding operations in Yuma, Arizona.

Project 2025 Calls for Major Cuts to the US Nutrition Safety Net

By Grey Moran

August 28, 2024

A sign alerting customers about SNAP food stamps benefits is displayed at a Brooklyn grocery store on December 5, 2019 in New York City. Earlier that week, the Trump administration announced stricter requirements for food stamps benefits that would have cut support for nearly 700,000 poor Americans. (Photo by Scott Heins/Getty Images)

A New Book Dives Deep Into the Climate and Health Impacts of Gas Stoves

By Lisa Held

August 14, 2024

Rob Jackson and the cover of his book, Into the Clear Blue Sky

Farmworkers Push Kroger’s Shareholders for Heat and Labor Protections

By Grey Moran

July 24, 2024

Farmworkers wear protective clothing while working in a field in the morning heat on July 3, 2024 near Coachella, California. (Photo credit: Mario Tama, Getty Images)

Senator Cory Booker Says FDA Proposal Could Worsen Antibiotic Resistance

By Lisa Held

July 10, 2024

A US Court Found Chiquita Guilty of Murder in Colombia. What Does the Ruling Mean for Other U.S. Food Corporations Abroad?

By Grey Moran

June 25, 2024

Workers unload green bananas for washing at the Santa Cruz banana plantation in Ciudad Hidalgo, Chiapas, Mexico. The fruit from the plantation in the Mexican state of Chiapas is harvested year round and shipped to clients in Mexico and the United States, incluiding Chiquita, the leading American banana distributor. (Photo credit: John Moore/Getty Images)

Pesticide Industry Could Win Big in Latest Farm Bill Proposal

By Lisa Held

May 29, 2024

Bird Flu May Be Driven By This Overlooked Factor

By Grey Moran

May 15, 2024

Snow Geese fly over Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge. (Photo credit: Yiming Chen, Getty Images)

New School Meal Standards Could Put More Local Food on Students’ Lunch Trays

By Lisa Held

April 30, 2024

A student at Ashford Elementary School in Houston fills up on local food in his school lunch. (USDA Photo by Lance Cheung)

The Shrimp on Your Table Has a Dark History

By Grey Moran

April 17, 2024

a worker in india holds up a pile of shrimp that needs to be peeled before being shipped to the united states

Despite Recent Headlines, Urban Farming Is Not a Climate Villain

By Lisa Held

April 3, 2024

Market Garden youth interns tend to small-crop production at the urban farm Rivoli Bluffs in St-Paul, Minnesota, Sept. 28, 2022. (USDA photo by Christophe Paul)

Florida Banned Farmworker Heat Protections. A Groundbreaking Partnership Offers a Solution.

By Grey Moran

March 20, 2024

Farmworkers clear out irrigation for an okra field near Coachella, California. (Photo credit: Mario Tama, Getty Images)

New Research Shows How the Meat Industry Infiltrated Universities to Obstruct Climate Policy

By Grey Moran

March 6, 2024

cattle in a feedlot that is generating a lot of greenhouse gas emissions

Should a Plan to Curb Meat Industry Water Pollution Consider the Business Costs?

By Lisa Held

February 5, 2024

The Food System Is Having a Big-Screen Moment

By Lisa Held

January 10, 2024

a collage of food and farming documentary posters including the smell of money, food inc 2, farming while black and common ground

Global Leaders Bypass Real Agriculture Reform Again at COP28 Climate Summit

By Grey Moran

December 12, 2023

Participants at the UN COP28 Climate Summit during a session on farmers and traditional producers. (Photo CC-licensed by the UNFCCC)

The Government Spends Billions on Food. Who Benefits?

By Lisa Held

November 29, 2023

Volunteers from DTE Energy pack prepackaged boxes for delivery to churches and homebound seniors at Focus: HOPE, a local agency located in Detroit, Michigan that operates the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP) in a client choice model so that participants can select the foods they want. (Photo credit: Preston Keres, USDA)

Congress Could Roll Back Pesticide Protections in the Farm Bill

By Lisa Held

November 7, 2023

Aerial view of tractor spraying fertilizer on plants in agricultural field, California, USA.

Will a Food and Ag Focus at COP28 Distract From the Fossil Fuel Economy?

By Lisa Held

October 16, 2023

United Arab Emirates oil field with rigs and pumps at sunset. (Photo credit: Anton Petrus, Getty Images)

GOP Lawmakers Move to Block New Animal Welfare Standards in Organic

By Lisa Held

September 26, 2023

a female farmer stands in the field with her organically raised sheep and looks off at the distance, wondering why congress would try to kill the Organic Livestock and Poultry Standards rule.

This Farm Bill Could Reshape the Food System. Here Are 10 Proposals at the Center of the Fight.

By Lisa Held

August 9, 2023

WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 19: Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) (C) chairs a Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry subcommittee hearing to examine the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and other nutrition assistance programs in the Farm Bill in the Russell Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on April 19, 2023 in Washington, DC. Fetterman returned to the Senate this week after checking himself into Walter Reed Military Medical Center in February for inpatient treatment of clinical depression, a result of a severe stroke he suffered during his senate campaign last year. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

The USDA Plan to Better Measure Agriculture’s Impact on the Climate Crisis

By Lisa Held

July 12, 2023

Educator Shane New displays healthy soil at CS Ranch during the Soil Health Academy, which teaches regenerative agriculture techniques, in Cimarron, New Mexico. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Will the USDA Crack Down on Antibiotics Labeling in Meat?

By Lisa Held

June 22, 2023

Pesticide-Coated Seeds Are the Focus of a New Push for EPA Regulations

By Lisa Held

June 7, 2023

A farmer plants corn on a farm near Dwight, Illinois (Photo credit: Scott Olson, Getty Images)

The Field Report

Can Trump and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. ‘Make America Healthy Again’?

The US Weakens a UN Declaration on Antibiotic Resistance

Project 2025 Calls for Major Cuts to the US Nutrition Safety Net

A New Book Dives Deep Into the Climate and Health Impacts of Gas Stoves

Farmworkers Push Kroger’s Shareholders for Heat and Labor Protections

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Senator Cory Booker Says FDA Proposal Could Worsen Antibiotic Resistance

A US Court Found Chiquita Guilty of Murder in Colombia. What Does the Ruling Mean for Other U.S. Food Corporations Abroad?

Pesticide Industry Could Win Big in Latest Farm Bill Proposal

Bird Flu May Be Driven By This Overlooked Factor

New School Meal Standards Could Put More Local Food on Students’ Lunch Trays

The Shrimp on Your Table Has a Dark History

Despite Recent Headlines, Urban Farming Is Not a Climate Villain

Florida Banned Farmworker Heat Protections. A Groundbreaking Partnership Offers a Solution.

New Research Shows How the Meat Industry Infiltrated Universities to Obstruct Climate Policy

Should a Plan to Curb Meat Industry Water Pollution Consider the Business Costs?

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The Food System Is Having a Big-Screen Moment

Global Leaders Bypass Real Agriculture Reform Again at COP28 Climate Summit

The Government Spends Billions on Food. Who Benefits?

Congress Could Roll Back Pesticide Protections in the Farm Bill

Will a Food and Ag Focus at COP28 Distract From the Fossil Fuel Economy?

GOP Lawmakers Move to Block New Animal Welfare Standards in Organic

This Farm Bill Could Reshape the Food System. Here Are 10 Proposals at the Center of the Fight.

The USDA Plan to Better Measure Agriculture’s Impact on the Climate Crisis

Will the USDA Crack Down on Antibiotics Labeling in Meat?

Pesticide-Coated Seeds Are the Focus of a New Push for EPA Regulations