By Alice Gibbs Source: Newsweek Americans are likely to see food prices rise again this year—and while inflation, conflict and supply chains all play a role, experts say another factor is playing an increasing role: extreme weather. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) forecasts that overall food prices will rise [...]
By Rusty Halvorson Source: KFGO.com USDA on Monday announced new waivers to increase line speeds in poultry and pork plants. Stuart Appelbaum, President of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU), which represents over 15,000 poultry workers at facilities across the southern United States, as well as meatpacking and [...]
Source: UFCW Today, United Food and Commercial Workers International (UFCW) and Public Citizen announced a major victory for workers in America’s pork industry, with a federal district court in Minneapolis ruling that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) acted unlawfully when it eliminated limits on the speeds at which plants run their slaughter lines, [...]