Claire Kelloway wrote about the role of food corporations’ market power in rising prices (and rising profit margins) for Time magazine.
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The Biden administration will invest $1 billion in new plants and issue new rules under the Packers and Stockyards Act. Will this help bring down meat prices?
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Government subsidies to build methane biodigesters encourage a dirty industry to expand.
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Violating labor laws could be considered an unfair method of competition. The FTC has the power to clarify.
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The Iowa Farm Bureau sells itself as a member-driven organization, but dividends from a financial services firm pay most its bills and executives.
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As Big Ag gets into the business of buying and selling carbon credits, they also get access to lots of farm-level data.
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Antitrust agencies have had a light touch on vertical merger enforcement for decades. That may be about to change.
Read MoreFor the third and final installment of Food & Power’s series on financier investment in farmland, Humon Heidarian spoke with Olivia Watkins, co-founder and president of the Black Farmer Fund.
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Food & Power presents the second article in a three-part series examining the influence of farmland investing on equity and the future of food.
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President Biden’s executive order directs government agencies to promote competition across the economy, with over 70 recommendations. Here’s what it means for food and farm systems.
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Food & Power presents the first article in a three-part series examining the influence of farmland investing on equity and the future of food.
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USDA intended to buy local in its Farmers to Families Food Box program, but changed criteria to favor the lowest bidder and bigger contractors. Will the agency learn its lesson in a new round of food assistance funding?
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