It's outrageous that the richest nation on earth can't protect its citizens from lethal infections from tainted food.

So it is a relief to see progress on this most basic consumer protection in the Senate's passage of sweeping food safety legislation this week in the Food Safety Modernization Act.

Despite tens of thousands of outbreaks of illness and thousands of deaths from tainted meat, eggs, spinach, and peanut butter, there were still those who argued that "the free market is working."read more

As the weather turns cold, and local produce gets scarcer, it's a good time to appreciate how lucky we are to have so much fantastic food growing so close to home.read more

Now that the BP oil well has been plugged, it’s more urgent than ever to address the Gulf Coast “dead zone.”read more

Our current health care system is crushing farmers. And the proposals under consideration in Congress won’t give us the relief we need.read more

Meet Will Allen, urban farmer extraordinaire.read more