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Audience Q: Because things are moving so fast, do you have a corrections policy?
Operations Director Matt Wheeland says when something changes “we will go in and update it at the top of the post.”
Here’s an example of what a post update may look like for the Food Policy Tracker. ⬇️
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How do you keep track of USDA funding cuts?
@lisaelaineh.bsky.social: “It’s still difficult. ... There hasn’t been clear information coming out of the administration. I’ve relied a lot on farmers.”
Read the latest tracker post on funding cuts: civileats.com/food-policy-...
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The pace of change is fast, but “we’re trying to move as quickly as possible,” says @lisaelaineh.bsky.social.
“We’re focusing on actions that are being taken. ... Otherwise it would be a difficult operation to manage,” says Staff Writer Brian Calvert.
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Paulina Velasco, the collaborations project manager at @inn.org, asks what brought about the Food Policy Tracker:
@lisaelaineh.bsky.social said the Civil Eats team wanted to follow changes the Trump administration would make.
“We were thinking, ‘what would serve readers the best?’”