February 4, 2026 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced Tuesday that it is now operating the foreign food aid program Food for Peace and that it is moving quickly to get the program back on track to deliver “lifesaving food assistance.”

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) formerly operated Food for Peace, but soon after taking of...

After the Department of Homeland Security launched ...

Future Harvest is a non-profit organization that trains and supports farmers in Delaware, Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, and Washington D.C. in order to advance an agricultural system that sustains farmers, communities, and the environment.

Most farmers in the Future Harvest networ...

Article Summary

• Conflict has long threatened the survival of traditional Palestinian crops, and Israeli attacks since 2023 have destroyed nearly all the farmland in Gaza. • The West Bank-based Palestine Heritage Seed Library collects and distributes Palestinian seeds for cultivation. • In 2024, the Library created a U.S. network of growers called the Seed Protectors Project,...

February 2, 2026 – The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) changed an obscure policy last week that could make it much harder for shareholders to pass resolutions that call on companies—including foo...