food security

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins signed a proclamation for National Farmers Market Week, calling every purchase at a farmers market an investment in American agriculture and rural communities.

In some towns and city neighborhoods, the closest thing to a grocery store is a gas station snack aisle. That's the reality of food deserts, and they're more common than most people think.

You might not think about it, but the safety of our farms plays a big role in keeping the whole country secure.

With rising global tensions, agriculture is stepping into the spotlight as a matter of national security. Why this change, and why now?

Zippy Duvall, President of the American Farm Bureau is the nation’s food security relies on a diversity of farm sizes and commodities.

Republican lawmakers in the U.S. Senate introduced legislation last week that would strike down California's animal-welfare law created as a result of Proposition 12.  The Food Security and Farm Protection Act introduced by Iowa’s senators Chuck Grassley, Joni Ernst,  as well as Roger Marshall from Kansas, would prevent any state or local government from passing laws that interfere with commerce a

The USDA will provide $466.5 million to strengthen global food security through its two premiere international development programs.  Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack says the agency will provide $248 million to the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program, and USDA will provide $218.5 million...

March is National Ag Month, and Second Harvest, an organization that offers hunger solutions in Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho, is celebrating by putting the spotlight on agriculture's contributions to the effort.

Congressman Dan Newhouse introduced legislation to prevent foreign adversaries from exploiting U.S. land near national security sites by giving the CFIUS jurisdiction over any potential land purchases by foreign adversaries.

President Joe Biden recently signed a National Security Memorandum to Strengthen the Security and Resilience of U.S. Food and Agriculture.  Colin Woodall, CEO of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, said the memorandum instructs government officials to identify threats to American food and agriculture and respond appropriately.   “What ...