Karen Stillerman

Karen Stillerman is deputy director and sr. analyst in the Food and Environment Program at Union of Concerned Scientists.
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Views Thursday, December 19, 2019 Farm State Voters See Soil as a Solution to Agriculture’s Woes The Trump administration’s still-fuzzy trade deal with China, announced (as usual) via tweet last Friday, has landed in farm country with a thud. Having endured financial losses and trade uncertainty for nearly two years, farmers have reacted with skepticism and even anger . Meanwhile, a new poll... Read more |
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Views Monday, October 14, 2019 As Presidential Candidates Prepare for Ohio Debate, Farmers Need a New Vision It has been a very bad year for Ohio’s farmers . Across the state, they were unable to plant crops on nearly 1.5 million acres this past spring due to unrelenting rainfall and flooding. The Buckeye State has also been hard-hit by the Trump administration’s trade war, with the price of soybeans—Ohio... Read more |
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Views Saturday, January 14, 2017 Even Without an Agriculture Secretary, Trump’s Cabinet Says Plenty about Food and Water Plans It’s official. This week’s Veterans Affairs nomination leaves the Trump administration’s Secretary of Agriculture position as the last cabinet slot to be filled. With his inauguration just 7 days away, the president-elect still hasn’t announced his pick for this vital position that touches every... Read more |
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Views Sunday, August 21, 2016 How US Farm Subsidies Make Taxpayers Pay Twice (And How We Could Change That) Usually, when you buy something, you pay for it just once. But if you’re a US taxpayer, you’re paying twice for the food system you’re “buying” with your hard-earned tax dollars. An example: today’s massive federal farm subsidies encourage farming practices that lead to toxic algae blooms, drinking... Read more |