A new report released by Center for Food Safety’s Cool Foods Campaign states that food security is jeopardized by climate change. The report is called Food and Climate: Connecting the Dots, Choosing the Way Forward. Climate change creates extremes in weather, from temperatures that are much hotter and cooler than normal, and rain and snow … Read more
Drought conditions continue worsen through the central plains states. While farmers have been dealing for months with the impact of little or no rain, consumers will begin feeling the impact by the end of the month. More than three quarters of the contiguous US is now experiencing some kind of drought, compared with about 43 … Read more
The USDA has issued projections on the effect of the drought on food prices in the U.S. The report begins, “the most severe and extensive drought in at least 25 years is seriously affecting U.S. agriculture, with impacts on the crop and livestock sectors and with the potential to affect food prices at the retail … Read more
Drought that wiped out crops throughout the Midwest during the summer of 2012 will drive up grocery bills in 2013, according to a report from the Food Institute. On average, a family of four can expect to pay an extra $6.75 each week or about $351 more for the year. The U.S. Drought Monitor, which … Read more
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will purchase $170 million from farmers and ranchers affected by the drought, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today. The pork, lamb, chicken, and catfish will be used in for federal food nutrition assistance programs, including food banks. “These purchases will assist pork, catfish, chicken and lamb producers who are currently … Read more
Two measures announced today by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack are meant to bring relief to farmers and ranchers nationwide as drought conditions have now caused more than half of all counties to be declared disaster areas. After adding 218 counties in 12 states to the list of designated disaster areas, Vilsack announced … Read more