Agribusiness
GRAPHIC: Facing challenges, honeybees’ production has dropped in the U.S.
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Honeybee colonies' average yearly production has dropped 30 percent since 1995.
Agribusiness
GRAPHIC: The U.S. still uses many pesticides banned in other countries
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About 150 agricultural pesticides that the World Health Organization considers “hazardous” at some level to human health were used in the United States in 2017, according to U.S. Geological Survey data.
Coronavirus
‘Either I Risk It All Or Nothing At All’: Migrant Workers’ Need To Work Outweighs COVID-19 Concerns
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Since June, there have been 21 COVID-19 cases linked to the hotel where an entire crew of migrant workers are living, according to the Champaign-Urbana Public Health District, which tracks COVID-19 cases across Champaign County. The hotel is tied for third largest outbreak in the county, based on internal statewide public health data from July through September obtained by the Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting.
Coronavirus
USDA continues to fund companies with no food service experience to help feed needy families
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The program recently entered its third round of funding.
farm share
GRAPHIC: What share of retail sales returns to farmers? Depends on the product.
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More money spent on processing means less money for farmers.
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GRAPHIC: Americans throw away more food today than ever before
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Between 1960 and 2017, the quantity of wasted food increased more than 230 percent, according to EPA data.
ad hoc payments
Trump administration launches second round of coronavirus money to farmers as critics question long-term impact
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“He took actions that cost U.S. farmers a lot of money, and potentially have a lot of long-term downsides,” said Joseph Glauber, a former USDA Chief Economist and senior research fellow at the International Food Research Center. “But you can have as bad of policy as you want, if you can silence the critics by giving them a bunch of money.”
Agribusiness
GRAPHIC: Industrialization has pushed out more and more chicken
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The pounds of chicken available to consumers on a per capita basis has increased more than 500 percent since 1909, according to USDA data.
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Graphic: COVID-19 has plunged more people of color into food insecurity
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Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, more Americans — and particularly Americans of color — have experienced limited or uncertain access to adequate food.
Agribusiness
Graphic: Americans drinking far less milk than in the past
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Americans drink much less fluid milk now than decades ago - in about 50 years we've reduced our consumption by 100 pounds per year on average.