Tag: food systems
USDA announces new investments in food system resilience, competition
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is making major investments in resilience and competition for the nation's food system. These investments follow supply chain challenges and other issues from the COVID-19 pandemic and, more recently, Russia’s attack on Ukraine.
Big food’s domination makes big ag look like a small potatoes
Find out how the things consumers don’t know about today’s massive food retailing sector cost them every time they enter a grocery store or shop online.
The buy local boom of the pandemic bottoms out in 2021
The first year of the pandemic brought new customers to the local food systems. With them came hope and an influx of income for small farmers. But it didn't last.
