Reported first on @civileats.com: In the notice, USDA said the regs are “obsolete,” but they were also one of the only potential sources of data on when, where, and how “restricted use” pesticides are used.
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Big news in the @civileats.com Food Policy Tracker, with updates on letters organizations have received from USDA terminating their contracts: civileats.com/food-policy-...

ICYMI Friday…h/t to @marciabrown.bsky.social for getting the list. Read my reporting on what’s missing from said list… civileats.com/food-policy-...

A reminder that I'm continuing to update this list of USDA programs my reporting has found have been frozen, unfrozen, and/or cancelled over the last few months. (Contact me to add/edit!) civileats.com/food-policy-...

A @civileats.com exclusive: “USDA’s refusal to pay what is owed to farmers and the organizations that support them is theft, plain and simple.” @corybooker.com civileats.com/food-policy-...

Secretary Rollins addresses her first USDA Ag Forum, filled with USDA employees, virtually. See below for the top two questions the audience wants her to answer. The numbers keep going up.

Developing story: More to come soon. civileats.com/food-policy-... @civileats.com

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This just in: USDA threatens consequences for "disguising" equity/diversity efforts: civileats.com/food-policy-... @civileats.com