Tag: Agriculture

In this Aug. 21, 2013 photo, Lynn Phillips, of Rudich Farms in Ray Township, Mich., accepts EBT tokens from Orion Township residents Amy Weronka, right, and her daughter Diana in exchange for produce at the Lake Orion, Mich., Farmers Market.

Food stamp use growing at Michigan farmers markets

Washington Examiner · August 26, 2013 4:00 am

Onion growers argue a requirement that irrigation water contain less than a set limit of E. coli bacteria could put them out of business. (Thinkstock)

Onion lobby helps further delay 3-year-old food safety law

Michal Conger · August 22, 2013 4:00 am

Feds award states for making fewest food stamp mistakes

Michal Conger · August 15, 2013 4:00 am

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USDA spends $4 million on time clocks, doesn’t know how long food inspectors work

Michal Conger · August 14, 2013 4:00 am

A convenience store in Washington D.C. displays signage for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commonly known as food stamps. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Bigger food stamp program means more lost to waste, fraud

Michal Conger · August 14, 2013 4:00 am

House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan of Wisconsin once declared that "in this war on poverty, poverty is winning." (Examiner/Graeme Jennings)

Examiner Editorial: New tactics are needed to win the war on poverty

Washington Examiner · August 11, 2013 4:00 am

GOP turns protesters’ cantaloupes over to local food bank

Tim Mak · August 1, 2013 4:00 am

Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., a former secretary of education, questioned how the Department of Education and other agencies would have money to promote Obamacare. (AP File)

Beltway Confidential

21 federal agencies working to implement Obamacare, but who are they?

Ashe Schow · August 1, 2013 4:00 am

Between 2008 and 2012, the Department of Agriculture's Farm Service Agency gave away almost $11 million to about 1,100 farmers who had been dead for a year or more. (Thinkstock)

Watchdog: USDA gives $11 million to dead farmers

Kelly Cohen · July 30, 2013 4:00 am

Rep. Donna F. Edwards, D-Md., said Thursday that Republicans who passed the farm-only farm bill were "standing on the side of increased subsidies, more deficit spending, and just sending hungry families straight up under the bus." (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Beltway Confidential

Dem House member: GOP ‘sending hungry families straight up under the bus’

Ashe Schow · July 24, 2013 4:00 am

Rep. George Miller, D-Calif., criticized Republicans in the House for passing a farm bill while collecting millions in agriculture subsidies. (AP File)

George Miller rips House Republicans for taking farm aid

Sean Lengell · July 22, 2013 4:00 am

Farmer Myles Goodrich loads a feed wagon at his farm in Danville, Vt. (AP/Toby Talbot)

Examiner Editorial: Holy cow! A farm bill for farmers

Washington Examiner · July 19, 2013 4:00 am