March 27, 2016 An Issue The Food Party Can Cotton To U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack remains wisely unswayed by House Agriculture Committee pleas to reclassify cottonseeds. According to the cotton industry, low…
March 7, 2016 Food Party Dispatch: Talking With Wholesome Wave’s Nischan If the “good food” movement is going to unite into a formidable political force for change — something like a national Food Party — then…
February 17, 2016 Here’s what we should be asking Clinton, Sanders, Trump, and Cruz about food Perviously at Grist. Let’s assume the nascent “good food” movement had its collective shit together enough to coalesce and organize into a coherent political…
January 11, 2016 The Farm Bureau Four Food and farm reformers have rightly been focusing on the presidential primary season, urging candidates to talk about agriculture and engage in “good food”…
November 1, 2015 A Food Party Dress Rehearsal Wednesday’s handshake agreement to possibly stave off cuts to subsidies to insurance companies for administering the crop insurance program was a master class in…
October 23, 2015 Food Fight: A DC Food and Farm Policy Talk Show National Food Day is Saturday, underscoring how the way our food is grown, raised, produced, bought, sold, shared, and consumed has grabbed the national…
October 21, 2015 Hot Diggity: Plate of the Union Last week while I was lamenting the lack of a coherent “Food Party” to press candidates ahead of the first Democratic debate, a coalition…
October 13, 2015 A Democratic Primary Debate “Food Party” Policy Questionnaire Let’s assume the nascent “good food” movement had its collective shit together enough to coalesce and organize into a coherent political force like the…
March 11, 2015 Congressman Tim Ryan Wants to Start a Food Revolution Previously at Civil Eats. When it comes to changing the food system, Tim Ryan (D-Ohio) might be the most outspoken member of Congress yet….
February 2, 2015 Rating the Politicos Shaping Our Food System Previously at Civil Eats. Last November, Mark Bittman, Micheal Pollan, Olivier De Schutter, and Ricardo Salvador made the case for a national food and…
