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Top federal officials have announced new dietary guidelines for the nation, bringing back the food pyramid and even flipping it. The elevating of certain food groups has drawn scrutiny from some health experts and advocates.The 2025-2030 dietary guidelines bill themselves as part of the "Make America Healthy Again" campaign championed by U.S. Health and Human Services head Robert F. Kennedy Jr.They rally hard against highly-processed food and added sugar, but also suggest beef tallow as a viable option to “incorporate healthy fats in their diet.”

Farmers across western Massachusetts are voicing frustration over federal actions stonewalling and even cutting funds they are relying on. With hope fading those dollars could return, some have been banding together in protest.

New York state Assemblyman D. Billy Jones was at the regional Joint Council for Economic Opportunity in Plattsburgh today. He’s calling on the USDA to…

A New York state senator from the Hudson Valley is urging the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture to deliver relief to dairy farms impacted by the COVID-19…

Vermont and federal officials have announced grants targeting the state agriculture industry’s impact on the food system and on Lake Champlain.Vermont…

New York U.S. Senator Charles Schumer was in northern New York today to illustrate how a new USDA plan could hurt honey bee colonies.Fourth generation…

A helicopter will be flying over farm fields in western Massachusetts this week and next dropping what’s called a cover crop in hopes of protecting the…

Democratic Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer visited Albany’s Radix Ecological Sustainability Center Monday to raise awareness about a U.S. Department…

Maple production is up even though this year’s season was shorter.The USDA Statistics Service recently released its report on this year’s maple…

With schools back in session, a program that provided free meals to children during the summer in parks, playgrounds, campgrounds, and churches has come…