agriculture
The Role of Fossil Fuels in America’s Thanksgiving Abundance
Just by living in 21st-century America, you have a lot to be thankful for. You live in the richest country in the history of the world—and one of the freest. Despite what the left claims, the benefits of wealth aren’t limited…
Uncle Sam makes Thanksgiving worse
Readers of Reason are no doubt familiar with the true story of the first Thanksgiving, when the collectivist pilgrims almost starved, only to be saved by the voluntary charity of the local population. A lot has changed about…
Thankfully, we don’t have to spend as much of our incomes on food as our ancestors did
Let's set aside the controversy over what Walmart's shrinkflation of its annual Thanksgiving feast bundle might suggest for the recent trajectory of grocery prices. The good news for which we can be thankful is that…
Psychoactive hemp products will be banned unless Congress intervenes
Thanks to a bill approved as part of the package that ended the federal shutdown, intoxicating hemp products will be federally prohibited as of November 13, 2026, a year after President Donald Trump signed the legislation.…
This Welfare Program Has a Bigger Population Than California
Had the government shut down in 1958, when Dwight Eisenhower was in office, how many people would have been at risk of losing their federal food stamp benefits? None. There was one good reason for this: There was no federal…
A Senate-approved bill would ban the hemp-derived THC products that Congress legalized in 2018
Forty states now allow medical use of marijuana, while 24, accounting for most of the U.S. population, also allow recreational use. Yet the federal ban on marijuana, first enacted in 1937, remains in place, which means…
Trump accuses meat packers of ‘criminally profiting’ off Americans
American families are paying significantly more for beef at the checkout counter—over 75 cents per pound more in September than they were in January. President Donald Trump thinks he has a plan to solve these higher prices:…
China Is Making Our Bacon. That’s No Baloney, Report Warns.
American agriculture is roughly a $1.5 trillion annual industry, and China poses a critical threat to the sector, according to a new report. Over the years, China has expanded its involvement in America’s food system, such as…
GOP Senators Press Vance Over Argentine Beef Imports Plan
Supporting struggling cattle ranchers was the “single most discussed topic” in Senate Republicans’ lunch with Vice President JD Vance on Tuesday, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, told The Daily Signal. Vance joined the Senate…
Karoline Leavitt Addresses Cattle Ranchers’ Qualms with Trump Plan
President Donald Trump hears the concerns of cattle ranchers who say his decision to buy beef from Argentina is bad for business, press secretary Karoline Leavitt said. “The president loves our ranchers, and our ranchers love…
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