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Showing posts with label USDA. Show all posts

Damon Root: 5 Supreme Court Cases To Watch In June

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High Court to rule on Obamacare, gay marriage and more. The Supreme Court's 2014-2015 term will soon reach its finale. By the end of...

40 Percent Of Americans On Food Stamps Are Obese

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by Chuck Ross.   A new study from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) finds that Americans receiving food stamps are more likely to...

Damon Root: Property Rights Vs. USDA Crop Seizures

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Gov't takes without paying just compensation.  According to the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, the government must pay just...

Taxes & Restrictions Posing As Federal Dietary Guidelines

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by Baylen Linnekin.        Last week the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (DGAC), which meets every five years to help set federal ...

20 Dumb Ways Government Wasted Your Money In 2013

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by John Giokaris.      "The cupboard is bare ...There’s no more cuts to make." That’s what House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi ...

The Problem With Federal Food-Labeling Laws

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by Baylen Linnekin.        Since I wrote a column focusing on the increasing ubiquity and success of private food labeling in June, a ...

VIDEO: Farmers Fight to Keep Their Own Raisins

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Caroline May: Food Stamp Use Hits Another Record High

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Spending has doubled in last four years alone.  Participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or food stamps, reached an...

Baylen Linnekin: Is Organic Food A Waste Of Money?

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New study challenges conventional wisdom.    Everyone knows by now that organic foods are aren’t objectively superior to their conventional ...

USDA Partners With Mexico To Boost Food Stamp Roles

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by Caroline May.  The Mexican government has been working with the United States Department of Agriculture to increase participation in the ...