March 28, 2025 – Speaking at an event in West Virginia, Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. today announced that the Trump administration will start allowing states to prevent ...

Dismantling USAID and freezing USDA support for H-2A worker programs mean farmers face a season of uncertainty.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. said the cuts at the FDA and beyond will make the agency more efficient and effective; others worry about food safety and disease outbreaks ...

When farmer Kamal Bell first established a beekeeping operation at Sankofa Farms in North Carolina, his son Akeem was four years old and scared of bees. But with his father’s coaching—and the help of ...

USDA is requesting farmers make changes to their projects so that they align with directives on energy production and DEI, a task experts say may not be legal or possible.

In November, after months of finishing complicated paperwork, developing infrastructure, and building relationships, the pieces were finally in place for Emma Jagoz to start fulfilling a new contract ...

March 24, 2025 – On Friday, Civil Eats published an in-depth report on two Trump administration actions that are affecting some of the farmers using the H-2A guestworker program in intersecting ways.

Inside the commissary kitchen in West Philadelphia’s Dorrance Hamilton Center, a warming whiff of cinnamon, clove, and cumin fills the air, mingling with the comforting scent of beef simmered slowly ...