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March 24, 2025

Closing the GRAS Loophole is a Good Idea

By Peter Lehner & Carrie Apfel  /  Sustainable Food & Farming Program

Here’s how FDA can protect us from dangerous chemicals in our food.

Hog farm
January 27, 2025

We Must Stop Defending Industrial Agriculture by Assuming We Have No Choice

By Peter Lehner  /  Sustainable Food & Farming Program

Further industrializing animal agriculture is a short-sighted and dangerous response to food security; broader thinking leads to far better answers.

November 29, 2023

Feds Can Fight Climate Change by Buying the Right Food

By Peter Lehner & Carrie Apfel  /  Sustainable Food & Farming Program

President Biden’s new directive is an exciting opportunity to leverage the federal government’s tremendous purchasing power to help curb dangerous climate change. It is imperative that food procurement be included.

June 27, 2023

Agriculture, Climate, and 2023 Farm Bill (A 3-Part Blog Series)

By Peter Lehner  /  Sustainable Food & Farming Program

About the 3-blog series on helping American agriculture become more resilient and climate-friendly:

June 9, 2023

Agriculture, Climate, and 2023 Farm Bill (A 3-Part Blog Series)

By Peter Lehner  /  Sustainable Food & Farming Program

About the 3-blog series on helping American agriculture become more resilient and climate-friendly:

Aerial view of green mechanical combine harvesting in a brown field, with a dust cloud trailing behind the machine.
May 31, 2023

Agriculture, Climate, and 2023 Farm Bill (A 3-Part Blog Series)

By Peter Lehner  /  Sustainable Food & Farming Program

About the 3-blog series on helping American agriculture become more resilient and climate-friendly:

Cows at a factory farm.
December 22, 2022

It’s Time to Put an End to Industrial Agriculture’s Relentless Pursuit of Secrecy

By Peter Lehner & Carrie Apfel  /  Sustainable Food & Farming Program

Big agriculture is one of the biggest sources of greenhouse gas emissions, and yet several bills have been introduced to hide the industry’s pollution.

January 4, 2022

Farming for Our Future: Opportunities Abound

By Nathan Rosenberg & Peter Lehner  /  Sustainable Food & Farming Program

Policymakers must take advantage of the many opportunities to reform agriculture to help curb climate change.

January 8, 2019

Climate Action Is a Secret Winner in the 2018 Farm Bill

By Peter Lehner & Sarah Saylor  /  Policy and Legislation Team & Sustainable Food & Farming Program

The 2018 Farm Bill is surprisingly climate-conscious.

One profit-lovers pizza, please, hold the calorie count.
March 7, 2018

‘Big Pizza’ is Lobbying Congress to Put Profit Ahead of Public Health

By Peter Lehner  /  Sustainable Food & Farming Program

Major pizza chains and convenience stores are fighting the federal menu labeling law in a bid to hide calorie counts.