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'Shocking' April Fools' Day Study Shows 'When Hungry People Obtained More Food, They Were Less Hungry'

New Yorkers in need receive free produce, dry goods, and meat at a Food Bank for New York City distribution event at the Barclays Center on July 30, 2020 in New York City. (Photo: Scott Heins/Getty Images)

Applause as Biden USDA Scraps Trump Bid to Take Food Benefits From More Than a Million People

Jake Johnson, staff writer

Volunteers from City harvest distribute food in Harlem on March 28, 2020 in New York City.

"Trump's biggest regulatory attack on SNAP is officially dead and buried."

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Quarter of Civilian Casualties From US-Backed, Saudi-Led War in Yemen Were Children

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

A Yemeni boy kisses the forehead of a killed child following a reported mortar shell attack on the country's third city of Taiz on February 20, 2021. (Photo: Ahmad al-Basha/AFP via Getty Images)

"Children continue to be killed and injured on a near-daily basis," said Xavier...

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'Utterly Damning' Docs Reveal Meatpacking Industry Fought Feeble Covid-19 Safeguards Under Trump

Common Dreams staff

U.S. meatpacking workers process a pig carcass. (Photo: Government Accountability Office)

"These documents show that the industry actively pushed back against the few...

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Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Tuesday opposed the confirmation of U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. (Photos: Chip Somodevilla and Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Citing Concerns About Corporate Power, Bernie Sanders Votes Against Biden's Choice for USDA Chief

A new report by WWF International and 15 other groups warns nearly one in three freshwater fishes are at risk of extinction (Photo: Camilo Díaz/WWF Colombia)

'We Must Heed the Warning': 1 in 3 Freshwater Fishes—Vital to Food and Jobs for Millions—Face Extinction

Sikh-Americans hold a protest rally to save the farmers against farm laws in India, St. Paul, Minnesota. (Photo by: Michael Siluk/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

US Farmers and Food Justice Groups Declare 'Solidarity' With Indian Farmer Protests

Employees at the Triumph Foods plant in St. Joseph Missouri process pig parts. (Photo: USDA)

'Dirty and Dangerous': New Data Show Higher Rates of Contamination in Pork Plants Using New Slaughter System

Gift of the Givers distribute food parcels on January 27, 2021 in Touws River, South Africa. Due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and the lockdown restrictions, a reported 93% of the local population is unemployed. (Photo: Brenton Geach/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

'More Challenging This Year Than Last': UN Envoy Warns Global Food Crisis Getting Worse, Not Better

Yemeni people affected by war receive food aid from a humanitarian organization on February 11, 2020 in Sana'a, Yemen. (Photo by Mohammed Hamoud/Getty Images)

Citing Humanitarian Impact, Biden Reverses 'Dangerous' Designation of Houthis as Terrorist Group

New Yorkers in need receive free produce, dry goods, and meat at a Food Bank for New York City distribution event at the Barclays Center on July 30, 2020 in New York City.

Biden Orders on Food Aid Heralded as 'Most Significant Anti-Hunger Actions in Modern Times'

"If you live in New York and had produce during the pandemic, odds are that's because of these workers," said journalist Alex Press. (Photo: Teamsters/Local 202/Joint Council 16)

Ocasio-Cortez, Sanders Lead Call for Solidarity With #HuntsPointStrike

A malnourished child receives medical treatment at Al-Sabeen hospital in Sanaa, Yemen on December 13, 2020. (Photo: Mohammed Mohammed/Xinhua via Getty Images)

'Famine Not Seen in 40 Years': UN Warns Pompeo Decision in Yemen Could Lead to Hundreds of Thousands—If Not Millions—Dead

A firefighter surveys the Bond Fire—started by a structure fire that extended into nearby vegetation—on December 3, 2020 in Silverado, California. (Photo: Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

With Dire Assessment, Scientists Warn Humanity in Denial of Looming 'Collapse of Civilization as We Know It'

A dragonfly sits in reedbeds on the Isle of Grain on August 31, 2016 in Isle of Grain, England. (Photo: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

'Nature Is Under Siege': Scientists Sound Alarm About Insect Apocalypse

Girls collect water from a well in Hajjah province, north Yemen on December 11, 2020. As a result of the U.S. State Department's decision, Oxfam noted, "humanitarian aid, goods, and personnel will be blocked from entering northern Yemen, where 70% of the population lives." (Photo: Mohammed Al-Wafi/Xinhua via Getty)

'Wanton Cruelty': Pompeo to Declare Houthis a Terrorist Group, Sparking Fears of Worsening Famine in Yemen

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Military Landfill to Organic Squash: Change Happens

A three-acre organic farm has taken root on Governor's Island in New York Harbor, home to military installations since 1794 and the Coast Guard until ten years ago. Tomatoes due in July. “It’s pretty trippy to see plants growing and the Statue of Liberty,” said Leslie Koch of the Governors Island Preservation and Education Corp.

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Hunger Free America

Advocates Praise USDA's Decision to Increase Emergency SNAP Benefits for Most Vulnerable Americans

Center for Food Safety

Call to Restore Ban on Farming Risks in Wildlife Refuges

Food & Water Watch

Documents Show Industry Pushed to Relax Food Safety Measures During Pandemic

Earthjustice

Over 100 Organizations Urge Biden to Ban Chlorpyrifos

Food & Water Watch

Vilsack’s Confirmation to USDA Is a Warning Sign for Family Farmers and Food, Worker Safety

Center for Food Safety

Court of Appeals Backs Environmentalists: Federal Greenlight of Industrial Shellfish Aquaculture Unlawful

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David Coman-Hidy

American Consumers Deserve Better Than US Retailers Like Costco Provide

Nick Jacobs

Six Months to Prevent a Hostile Takeover of Food Systems, and 25 Years to Transform Them

Tim Thorpe

This Film Will Change Your Mind About the Fishing Industry

Sabrina Ahmed

Plant-Based Diets Can Help Save the Planet

Kari Hamerschlag, Christopher D. Cook

Healthy School Meals are Essential for Kids and the Planet

GRAIN

Sustainable Agriculture in the Face of the Climate Crisis: Farmers Leading the Battle in Asia

Julian Agyeman

Disparity by Design: How Urban Planning and Housing Policy Helped Create 'Food Apartheid' in US Cities

Michael Windsor

As Cage-Free Momentum Soars, Companies Like Wendy's Lag Far Behind Competitors

Vandana Shiva

Reclaiming Our Common Home: Expand the Commons to Include Everything We Need

John W. Roulac

Making America's Rivers Blue Again: Connecting the Dots Between Regenerative Agriculture and Healthy Waterways