All food resources
Podcast
![This is Science with Jess Phoenix Episode 27: Food Fight](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2024-06/1500x900-foodfight.jpg?itok=UxSIvx8H)
Food Fight
Food justice activist and writer Rae Gomes joins Jess to talk about what we get wrong about food in the United States, and what we can do to make things right.
Report
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Cultivating Control
Between 2019 and 2023, "Big Ag" spent over half a billion dollars to influence food policies that are bad for people and the environment.
Report
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Waste Deep
Water pollutants from Tyson Foods' meat processing plants pose a risk to both people and the environment.
Activist Resource
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How Long Has The Farm Bill Been Expired?
Congress has let the once-every-five years food and farm bill expire—but the 332 million people in the US still need to eat.
Explainer
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What’s Wrong with Fossil Fuel–Based Fertilizer?
Massive overapplication of nitrogen fertilizer in agriculture damages soil, causes pollution, and contributes to climate change.
Report
![Image of a woman farmer working near solar panels in a field.](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2023-10/Agrisolar-farm1.jpg?itok=CR2CSDat)
Cropland Repurposing in California
Cropland repurposing in California informed by communities and science can provide social, environmental, and economic benefits for all stakeholders.
Explainer
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The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
Attacks on SNAP are rooted in persistent, divisive myths about the program. Here are the facts.
Report
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Lost Inheritance
Unless the legal issue known as heirs' property is resolved, Black farmers will continue to lose their land.
Explainer
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The Food and Farm Bill
The massive piece of legislation commonly referred to as the “farm bill” should really be called the “food and farm bill” because of its key role in how we eat.
Report
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Investing in US Farmworker Health
The people whose work puts food on our tables face a variety of hazards in their jobs, but research that would help protect their health is severely underfunded by the US government.
Report
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Understanding Perceived Climate Risks to Household Water Supply
A peer-reviewed article from Climatic Change.
Feature
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2022 Annual Report
How did UCS perform over the last year?