Beyond Pesticides

USDA Monitoring Report Declares Pesticide Residues in Food Supply Safe, Despite Science to the Contrary

USDA finds that over 57% of tested commodities contain at least one pesticide and that less than one percent of detected ...
Houston Public Media

USDA says demand for sensitive food stamp data from states is on hold

A banner showing an image of President Trump hangs on the side of a U.S. Department of Agriculture building in Washington, D.C., on May 16. USDA has put on hold a demand that states turn over ...
KPBS

As USDA begins gathering data on food stamp recipients, it widens its ask of states

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is telling states to begin turning over sensitive data on applicants to the food assistance program previously known as food stamps. The agency has recently expanded ...
WUNC

USDA, DOGE demand states hand over personal data about food stamp recipients

The Department of Agriculture is demanding states hand over personal data of food assistance recipients — including Social Security numbers, addresses and, in at least one state, citizenship status, ...
KPBS

USDA says demand for sensitive food stamp data from states is on hold

The Department of Agriculture's unprecedented demand that states and payment processors turn over sensitive data about people who receive federal food assistance is on hold — for now. A USDA official ...