Food
A bill that for the first time would have provided substantial resources for state and county inspectors to keep cheaters out of farmers markets was held by the California Assembly Appropriations Committee on Friday afternoon.
May 24, 2013
Farmers Markets: State bill would bring big changes
March 22, 2013
Introduced last month and up for consideration as early as mid-April, AB 996 would bolster some enforcement measures for certified markets but weaken others.
Sports
NFL Thursday night BUFFALO (5-2) AT NEW YORK JETS (3-5) TV: NFL Network, 5:30 PDT Line: Bills by 3.
Nov. 1, 2017
World & Nation
With strong bipartisan support, the House and Senate on Thursday overwhelmingly approved separate bills providing nearly $6 billion in aid to farmers hard-hit by the worst drought since the Great Depression of the 1930s.
July 29, 1988
Opinion
Farm bill would cut aid to poor, add subsidies for farmers
June 18, 2013
Politics
The Senate, forging an unusual alliance between free-market Republicans and liberal Democrats from urban states, passed a sweeping rewrite Wednesday of farm policy that would phase out most payments to farmers by the year 2002.
Feb. 8, 1996
A war is shaping up over the nation’s food supply, and on Tuesday the lines of battle were clearly drawn.
Feb. 7, 1990
Archives
Why should you care about this year’s farm bill? Take a good look at what’s on your plate.
May 7, 2008
Business
Farm bill would replace dairy subsidies with insurance
July 13, 2012