Bernie Sanders

Last week, Oregon Senator Ron Wyden joined Kirsten Gillibrand, Cory Booker and Bernie Sanders, calling for direct relief for family farmers impacted by the ongoing pandemic. The four says small farmers nationwide have been hit hard by months of closed restaurants, schools and in some locations farmers markets ...

Agriculture seems to be breaking through as a piece of the environmental puzzle for Democratic presidential candidates.  Several of the candidates are putting out their plans to combat climate change as they continue through the debates.  ...

Agriculture seems to be breaking through as a piece of the environmental puzzle for Democratic presidential candidates.  Several of the candidates are putting out their plans to combat climate change as they continue through the debates.   ...

Companies targeted by Senator Bernie Sanders earlier this week are firing back, calling his statements inaccurate in his accusations over food stamps.  Sanders plans to introduce legislation that would require large companies, specifically, Amazon, Walmart, and others, to pay a 100% tax on government benefits to their employees, including SNAP, a significant portion of the farm bill.   ... Read Mo

A bill by Senator Bernie Sanders seeks to make big companies pay up for SNAP benefits their employees receive.   The former Presidential candidate Sanders, plans to introduce the bill next week on the same day the farm bill conferees meet.  Th...