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Right to Farm is a Right to Pollute
Next Tuesday (Aug. 5), Missourians will decide if their state constitution should be amended to enshrine a so-called “Right-to-Farm” provision. The vaguely worded and open-ended amendment states, “the...
Dirty Drinking Water in Farm Country
A new study from the University of Minnesota confirms what we've been saying – big agriculture is contaminating your drinking water.
America’s Corn Boom is Running Dry
Corn is in the food we eat, the soda we drink, the gas we buy, plastics, cleaners – it's everywhere. Producing all that corn is a $1.7 trillion industry in the United States, and as a new report...
Reducing Fertilizers Cuts Greenhouse Gas Emissions
When people think about the causes of global warming, the food they eat typically doesn't make the short list. But agriculture is responsible for 80 percent of human-caused emissions of nitrous oxide...
Broken Stream Banks: Too Many Rivers and Streams Go Unprotected
Land Conversion’s Emissions Likely Worse than Keystone’s
Building and operating the Keystone XL Pipeline would pump millions of tons of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. And as EWG's Heather White has said, approving the pipeline would overlook a better...
What Others are Saying About the Farm Bill
The farm bill passed by Congress takes food and farm policy in the wrong direction. Here's what others have to say about the bill.
EWG’s Top Food and Ag Stories of 2013
EWG's editors asked the entire staff to pick the top agriculture-related stories of 2013, a category that includes the farm bill, farm subsidies, crop insurance, conservation, genetically engineered...
Obama and Vilsack Push For Conservation Compliance
Republican Support Continues To Grow For Conservation Compliance
Stewardship Stories Document Benefits – For Taxpayers and Farmers
Every day, thousands of farmers take steps to reduce polluted runoff and restore wetlands and grasslands. Many more would help, but 40 percent of farmers have been turned away by the U.S. Department...
Subsidies and Ethanol Mandate Fuel Massive Dust Storms
Bipartisan Coalition Would Link Land Conservation to Farm Subsidies
Should Foxes Build the Hen House?
Untapped: Farm Bill Conservation Programs Must Do More to Clean Up California's Water
Hundreds of millions of conservation dollars in the federal farm bill should be used more effectively to address widespread water pollution problems in California, concludes a new report by...
Virgin Prairie Goes Under the Plow
Happy Direct Payments Day?
Calls for Crop Insurance Reform and Environmental Protections Get Louder
It’s Only Fair: Protecting the Land in Return for Subsidies
The pending Senate version of the farm bill includes a provision to relink conservation compliance with crop insurance subsidies. Chairman Lucas's competing House version does not.
Farm Bill Expiration Jeopardizes Key Programs
Even if the government miraculously opens for business tomorrow, several critically important USDA conservation and nutrition programs will be shuttered.
