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Religious Schools Needn't Follow New Title IX Gender Guidance To Stay in School Lunch Program

Plus: The Espionage Act is still bad, six more states could legalize recreational marijuana, and more...

Reason

USDA Gives You Another Really Good Reason Not to Eat Frozen Pizza

An unusual case is forcing the recall of thousands of pounds of pizza.

The Street

Spaghetti sauce is under threat as water crisis slams tomatoes

Tomatoes are getting squeezed.

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Don't mess with federal crop insurance, farmers say. Others aren't so sure

From field hearings in Morton buildings to sweet corn feeds at county fairs, farmers have been practicing a refrain this summer: Hands off the federal crop insurance program.

Tribune News Service

Video of Orcas fighting at SeaWorld prompts call for boycott

‘We would see bite marks and fresh wounds all over the side of the whale,’ witness says

The Independent UK

Senate reconciliation keeps farms, forests in climate formula

The Senate’s revived reconciliation deal would keep agricultural conservation, forestry and renewable fuels in the Democrats’ formula for fighting climate change.

Tribune News Service

Senate reconciliation keeps farms, forests in climate formula - Roll Call

The measure proposes more than $20 billion for agriculture provisions, including biofuels, conservation and wildfire prevention.

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Next on the GOP’s List: Starving Queer Kids

Republican attorneys general, including Ken Paxton, have filed suit over a federal school lunch program that prohibits discrimination against LGBTQ+ children.

Texas Observer

USDA getting tougher on salmonella in chicken products

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is proposing new regulations that would force food processors to reduce the amount of salmonella bacteria found in some raw chicken products or risk shutdowns

The Independent UK

Republican-led states sue Department of Agriculture over nondiscrimination school meal guidance

Tennessee Attorney General Herbert Slatery (R), joined by 21 Republican attorneys general, filed a lawsuit on July 26, 2022, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee that aimed to overturn guidance from the Biden administration and the Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service.…

Ballotpedia

Funding for school lunches in jeopardy as GOP officials sue over anti-discrimination rule

More than 20 Republican attorneys general are suing the federal government over a Department of Agriculture programme

The Independent UK

Texas suing USDA over requirement to add LGBTQ protections to nutrition programs’ nondiscrimination policies

The USDA Food and Nutrition Service announced in May that it would expand its definition of sexual discrimination to include gender identity and sexual orientation. Paxton and other attorneys general are suing in response.

The Texas Tribune

Minnesota's meat lockers need apprentices to solve bottlenecks, report says

First, a farmer needs a pig or a cow.

Tribune News Service

D.C. Circuit Makes It More Difficult for New Administrations to Stop "Midnight" Rules

It may now require notice and comment to rescind final rules that were never published in the Federal Register.

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America's Meat Shortage Is Self-Inflicted and Fixable

How can it be that with so much cattle in America, we sometimes can't buy meat?

USAFacts

How much does it cost to raise a child?

For a middle-income family, housing accounts for the largest share of child-rearing costs at 29%.

The Street

As Volatile Season Wears on, Farmers’ Risk Management Needs Increasing

American farmers must navigate more challenges in 2022. Read how some are managing risks posed by weather, surprising crop reports and an overseas war.

The Independent UK

Long lines are back at US food banks as inflation hits high

Long lines are back at outside food banks around the U.S. as working Americans overwhelmed by inflation increasingly seek handouts to feed their families

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What happens to the food grown in the US?

The US exported $177 billion worth of agricultural goods in 2021.

Salon

For these gardeners, every seed counts

At the Experimental Farm Network, seeds don’t just put food on the table, they promote social justice

Reason

The G Word Begs Americans To Fall Back in Love with Uncle Sam

Adam Conover and President Barack Obama want to unruin the federal government. But they’re not really willing to truly consider that it’s too big and too wasteful.

Tribune News Service

Agritourism trail spotlights Black farms in Southwest Georgia

ALBANY, Ga. — Tucked behind the wrought iron gates that line the frontage at 801 Old Pretoria Road is the stuff that retreat-style getaways are made of: an 1851 mansion appointed in period furniture available for rent as a wedding venue or other private event; farm acreage dotted with grapevines,…

WEKU

Florida officials plan to eradicate giant African land snails, again

Back in 2018, the Florida agriculture commissioner described these types of snails as a "triple threat" because of the potential harm to human health, the environment and agriculture.

Chicago Sun-Times

How many calories should you eat in a day: USDA guidelines for men, women, children

The U.S. Department of Agriculture puts out rough calorie ranges as part of its dietary guidelines report, published every five years.

Tribune News Service

US farmers battle floods, heat in bid to replenish food supplies

Global grain markets are at a pivot point, with prices finally starting to ease after a dizzying surge earlier this year. Where things go from here could end up being determined by farmers like Justin Sherlock and the extreme weather that’s hitting parts of the U.S. crop belt.

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