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Food Policy Tracker

Tariffs Impacting Farms and Food Prices Will Change Again This Week

July 29, 2025

As the August 1 deadline set by President Trump approaches, some agricultural products will face new taxes. Others will be spared by new trade deals.

Federal Agencies Will Create an Official Definition of ‘Ultra-Processed Foods’

July 28, 2025

Proposed Bill Would Ensure Individuals Can Sue Pesticide Manufacturers

July 24, 2025

The US Capitol building, where Congress meets. (Photo credit: Andrey Denisyuk, Getty Images)

USDA Announces Major Reorganization, Relocation of Employees

By Matthew Wheeland

July 24, 2025

House Ag Committee Continues Efforts to Block Animal Welfare Rules

By Matthew Wheeland

July 24, 2025

USDA Renews Effort to Collect SNAP User Data, Prompting Privacy and Immigration Concerns

July 18, 2025

Congress Restores Some Funding for International Food Aid

July 18, 2025

Workers at the World Food Programme collect and distribute USAID food items in Ethiopia in 2015. (Photo CC-licensed by Petterik Wiggers, World Food Programme)

House Bill Would Halt Assessment of PFAS Risk on Farms

July 16, 2025

USDA Cancels More Support for Regional Food Systems

July 15, 2025

People shopping for produce at the Mississippi Farmers' Market. (Photo credit: Natalie Maynor, CC-licensed by the USDA on Flickr)

USDA Scraps LGBTQ Discrimination Protections in School Meal Programs

July 14, 2025

Democrats Reintroduce Bill to Increase Regulation of Food Additives

July 14, 2025

Federal Agents Detain Farmworkers in Large-Scale Raids at Two Southern California Farms

By Brian Calvert and Lisa Held

July 10, 2025

Federal immigration agents face off with protestors in Camarillo, Calif. (Photo credit: Brian Calvert)

USDA Ends Consideration of Race and Gender for Grants and Loans

July 10, 2025

A USDA Farm Service Agency coordinator listens while an Atlanta farmer explains about his strawberry growing operation in 2018. (Photo credit: Preston Keres, USDA)

Trump Administration Sues California Over Cage-Free Egg Laws

July 10, 2025

A farmer holds a cage-free egg in a henhouse in Georgia. (Photo credit: Anna Moneymaker, Getty Images)

US Announces Plans to Crack Down on Foreign Farmland Ownership

July 9, 2025

USDA Announces ‘Great American Farmers’ Market,’ but Its Popular Weekly Market Is Gone

July 8, 2025

The USDA Farmers Market in the summer of 2023. (Photo CC-licensed by the USDA)

RFK Jr. Supports States on SNAP Soda Bans, Seed-Oil Menu Labels, and More

July 7, 2025

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (Photo credit: Kevin Dietsch, Getty Images)

House Passes Tax Bill With SNAP Cuts, Billions for Immigration Enforcement, and Climate Rollbacks

July 3, 2025

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) at an event promoting the Republican tax bill. (Photo credit: Chip Somodevilla, Getty Images)

USAID Officially Shuts Down, Leaving an Uncertain Future for International Food Aid

July 2, 2025

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) headquarters in Washington, D.C. (Photo credit: Kevin Dietsch, Getty Images)

Senate Passes Tax Bill With SNAP Cuts Intact

July 1, 2025

Supreme Court Weighs in on Cases Impacting Roundup and Prop. 12

June 30, 2025

EPA Hires Farm and Pesticide Lobbyist to Oversee Pesticide Regulation

June 30, 2025

EPA Funds Projects to Help Farmers Reduce Runoff Into the Great Lakes

By Riley Ramirez

June 26, 2025

Department of Labor Suspends Protections for H-2A Guest Workers and Announces Plan to Bring in More

June 25, 2025

USDA Cancels Additional Grants Funding Land Access and Training for Young Farmers

June 24, 2025