| Aug 2, 2010 | Food / FarmingLike a sailor on a late night bender, corn ethanol boosters are trying to cajole another drink from the subsidy tap before the lights come on. Some members of Congress seem all too ready to give in, costing taxpayers billions in the process. But in light of the...
| Jul 26, 2010 | Food / FarmingWe are a nation that doesn’t understand how food reaches our tables. American agriculture depends on a hardworking, dedicated immigrant workforce. About three-quarters of all crop workers were born outside the country. Since the 1990s, at least half are not...
| Jul 19, 2010 | Food / FarmingAs if Detroit hasn’t got enough trouble: Now they want to make it into a farm. There’s a guy–a money-manager by the name of John Hantz–who says he’s looking to buy up to 5,000 acres within Detroit’s city limits to start a commercial...
| Jul 12, 2010 | Food / FarmingWould you like some antibiotic-resistant bacteria with your grilled chicken at your backyard barbecue? Of course not. But that likelihood continues to grow unless the government makes industry change the way most American farm animals are raised. American industrial...
| Jul 8, 2010 | Food / FarmingUnited Farm Workers members clearly have a sense of humor. Their “take our jobs” campaign invites and actually recruits the nation’s citizens and legal immigrants (including those who blame undocumented workers for America’s high unemployment...
