Conditions in meatpacking plants are set to return to scenes from ‘The Jungle.’
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Posted inHealth and Social Policy
The Chickens and the Eggs
Avian flu outbreaks are exacerbated by the consolidated structure of the poultry industry.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
How Deb Fischer Delivered for Big Ag
An obscure fight over cattle prices could be one reason the Nebraska senator is in trouble in her re-election campaign.
Posted inWorking in America
How Tim Walz Saved Workers’ Lives and Limbs
The Democrats’ vice-presidential nominee has won extraordinary advances in worker safety in Minnesota.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Three Algorithms in a Room
A growing number of industries are using software to fix prices. Law enforcers are beginning to fight back.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Lawsuit Highlights Why Meat Has Been Overpriced for 40 Years
Agri Stats lets meat processors coordinate their pricing. The Justice Department finally decided to go after what it calls collusion.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Big Ag Opens Another Vein of Public Funding
Money from the Climate-Smart Commodities program, designed to reduce agriculture emissions, is going disproportionately to multinationals.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
How Washington Bargained Away Rural America
Every five years, the farm bill brings together Democrats and Republicans who are normally at each other’s throats. The result is the continued corporatization of agriculture.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Farmers Pay Big Ag to Lobby Against Them
The checkoff program, intended for marketing promotion but used as a slush fund for consolidated agricultural interests, is facing pressure for reform.
Posted inWorking in America
USDA Ignores Its Own Proposed Labor Standards
The department has yet to implement a rule requiring its contractors to obey labor laws.