The Farm Bill: Heat Stress Protections
By Nisreen Abo-Sido The Farm Bill is one of the USA’s most comprehensive legislations on food and agriculture yet it leaves out farm workers. Agriculture is among one of the most dangerous industries in the country, with farm workers being 35 times more likely to...Flustered by the Farm Bill? Here are Five Things to Know About it
By Brett Rapkin-Citrenbaum, Slow Food USA Farm Bill Community Organizer The Farm Bill is not only the largest piece of legislation to dictate our food systems in the US, but it’s one of the most epic bills to pass through Congress. Every five years, our elected...The Policy of Child Nutrition
What’s the recipe for good, clean and fair food options in our nation’s schools? Learn from experts who are feeding students, researching policies, and implementing legislation to improve school nutrition programs.
Carbon Markets: Rewarding Small Farmers or Protecting Big Ag Polluters?
The Growing Climate Solutions Act of 2021 (GCSA), originally introduced in 2020 and revived by the 117th Congress, was passed by the Senate in June 2021. The bill aims to make it easier for “farmers, ranchers, and private forest landowners” to enter voluntary environmental credit markets, namely carbon markets.
