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Secretary Rollins addresses her first USDA Ag Forum, filled with USDA employees, virtually. See below for the top two questions the audience wants her to answer. The numbers keep going up.

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A real train announcement I just heard that seems just too tailored to this moment in time. “Attention passengers! The train MIGHT be on time or it MIGHT be late. Thank you!”

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Looking for current SNAP participants or SNAP-Ed educators/other professionals working directly with SNAP participants to talk to for a story. lisa [at] civileats.com. Thank you!

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I'm so incredibly proud to report that @lisaelaineh.bsky.social and @civileats.com are finalists for the @shorensteinctr.bsky.social Goldsmith Awards for our chemical captures series! 🏆🔎 Congrats to all the nominees, and you can read the full series here: civileats.com/chemical-cap...

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My latest on @civileats.com today: The canceled Clark Group contract and other related cuts represent stitches being ripped out of the interconnected federal programs and infrastructure that hold it all together. civileats.com/2025/02/26/f...

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SCOOP: On his second day as HHS secretary, RFK Jr., the onetime environmentalist, killed climate change programs at NIH that research and prepare for the health effects of extreme weather and a warming planet. This is not going to make Americans healthy. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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Developing story: More to come soon. civileats.com/food-policy-... @civileats.com

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You can now reach me on Signal using the username @lisaelaineh.47.

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So Far, USDA and EPA Fail to Share Details on Canceled Contracts Read more from the Food Policy Tracker ➡️ https://buff.ly/3CTRTSe

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Canceled meetings. Unpublished reports. State officials in the dark. Federal staff anxious that information isn’t getting out. The first weeks of the Trump administration have disrupted the U.S. bird flu response. My latest with Tom Polansek: www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...

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Farm groups across the country report that the USDA has stopped their disbursements and has been silent about when the pause might end. @lisaelaineh.bsky.social reports ⬇️

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Today, on @civileats.com : I spoke to farmers and farm groups all over the country. civileats.com/2025/02/11/t...

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New today on @civileats.com: civileats.com/2025/02/10/d...

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SCOOP: The U.S. Department of Agriculture has detected a bird flu strain in dairy cattle that previously had not been seen in cows, according to an email from the agency's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service seen by Reuters. www.reuters.com/business/hea...

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Two new (related) headlines in @civileats.com's food policy tracker: The USDA has started deleting website pages related to climate change, and EPA may fire more than a thousand employees working on climate change. civileats.com/food-policy-...

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“One of the first places shoppers may feel the impact of increased tariffs is in the grocery aisle,” per the Washington Post:

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USDA employees ordered to remove references to climate change across agency websites. From @zcolman.bsky.social and me. (Now in front of the paywall) www.politico.com/news/2025/01...

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Trump’s 25% #tariffs on imports from 🇨🇦 & 🇲🇽 will hit hardest in states where these imports make up a larger share of the economy. Here’s a look at how these tariffs will impact #food and agricultural imports. Border states will take the hit, but many red-leaning states will also feel the impacts.

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In a Tense First Hearing, RFK Jr. Got More Questions About Farmers Than Food Read the latest from the Civil Eats Food Policy Tracker ⬇️

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Farmers, food system people: Have you been affected by federal grant/loan funding pauses? Email me: [email protected]

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With their nomination hearings completed, Brooke Rollins and Lee Zeldin will likely be confirmed soon. Their leadership will deeply impact the American food system. @lisaelaineh.bsky.social details the two nominees’ backgrounds and what their hearings revealed. ⬇️

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Senator John Boozman (R-Arkansas) just kicked off Brooke Rollins' nomination hearing for Secretary of Ag by saying the Senate Ag Committee will be highly productive this year. "Working together, this year, we will pass a farm bill.”

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This just in: USDA threatens consequences for "disguising" equity/diversity efforts: civileats.com/food-policy-... @civileats.com

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Excellent overview by @lisaelaineh.bsky.social in @civileats.com. With a few exceptions, the action was at USDA rather than FDA, despite its reorganization (which I credit to @hbottemiller.bsky.social). Food safety strengthened too, again at USDA vs FDA. civileats.com/2025/01/15/h...

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Check out @civileats.com's new Food Policy Tracker - @lisaelaineh.bsky.social is keeping tabs on the proposed and actual changes coming to the food system from Washington. Stay on top of the latest news from the new administration here: civileats.com/food-policy-...

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Definitely check out the final installment of @lisaelaineh.bsky.social 's Chemical Capture piece today in @civileats.com – it caps off a year of intensive reporting and is full of really important findings. Do not miss!

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Thank you for sharing, Twilight!

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“Food touches every aspect of our lives,” says @civileats.com editorial director Margo True. Listen to True and @lisaelaineh.bsky.social highlight their reporting on food systems and agriculture from last year. www.wortfm.org/civil-eats-y...

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