As foodborne illness outbreaks sicken thousands of Americans this summer, a new Farm Action report examines the massive Cyclospora outbreak linked to lettuce supplied by Taylor Farms and what it ...

The 2026 Cyclospora outbreak has sickened thousands of people across the United States and killed at least two. In July, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) linked the outbreak to shredded ...

When federal investigators initially identified Taylor Farms’ iceberg lettuce as the likely source of a multistate Cyclospora outbreak, the company quickly became the focus of national attention. Days ...

Reposted from: https://apnews.com/article/egg-prices-collusion-settlement-d32b05892541613df3f4e4932109ee0c The U.S. Justice Department and 17 states reached ...

Today, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling in Monsanto v. Durnell that will make it more difficult for farmers, farmworkers, and the public to hold powerful pesticide corporations accountable for ...

Across the country, tech companies are racing to build massive data centers to power artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud storage. They’re increasingly targeting rural America, bringing familiar ...

In response to reports that President Donald J. Trump is expected to sign executive orders temporarily reducing tariffs on beef imports and advancing policies to grow the domestic cattle herd, Farm ...

Farm Action issued the following statement in response to reporting that the Department of Justice (DOJ) is preparing to file an antitrust case against some of the largest egg producers in the country ...

The 2026 Farm Bill will help decide whether independent farmers get a fair shot or the biggest corporations keep tightening their grip on our food supply. The Farm Bill sets the rules for how food is ...

As of January 1, 2026, “Product of USA” stopped being a marketing trick and became a real standard. A 2023 U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) rule for meat labeling has gone into effect, closing a ...

In our last five posts of The Food Monopoly Files, we exposed how monopoly power has taken hold across almost every part of our food system—from meatpacking, to seeds, pesticides, fertilizer, and farm ...

On November 7, President Trump announced that he had directed the Department of Justice (DOJ) to investigate possible price manipulation and unfair practices in the beef industry. The announcement ...