Articles by Aarian Marshall

USDA’s Economics Research Service (ERS) yesterday released a report indicating that 14.5 percent of households were food insecure in 2012. Those 17.6 million households represent virtually the same numbers the country saw when it first dipped into recession four years before

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5, 2013 – The Food and Drug Administration announced in a notice today that Greek yogurt maker Chobani is voluntarily recalling some of its product after customers complained of illness and mold. The recall comes just weeks after USDA announced that the company would supply Greek

A report from the Governmental Accountability Office (GAO) released today indicates that USDA used incomplete data to formulate a proposed rule based on its poultry and meat plant inspection pilot

Data released and compiled by Iowa State University shows college graduates who major in agriculture are making more in their first year of work than their 2012 counterparts

A report released by the international development group Oxfam America today touches upon the he-said-she-said politics of the contentious biotechnology debate – but with more nuance than most.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1, 2013 – A battle-weary Agriculture Committee Chair Frank Lucas, R-Okla., said today that House Republicans are ready with a nutrition title proposal that would cut SNAP spending by $40 billion

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1, 2013 – Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., pressured Senate Agriculture Committee Chair Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., to reaffirm her commitment to ending

Rep. Tim Walz, D-Minn., spearheaded a new initiative today pushing House Speaker John Bohener, R-Ohio, to bring a farm bill to conference, before the legislation expires in September. Rep. Walz is joined by a coalition of 49 Democrats.

Japan announced yesterday it will again begin buying western soft white wheat, two months after the country stopped importation of the product due to the discovery of genetically modified wheat on an Oregon farm

And at least two participants in the Senate Environment and Public Works hearing took care to link last year’s hundred-year drought, which devastated a number of agricultural producers nationwide, to what some see as a catastrophic climate phenomenon