Daren Bakst studies and writes about agriculture subsidies, property rights, environmental policy, food labeling and related issues as The Heritage Foundation’s senior research fellow in agricultural policy. Read his research.
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Last July, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that it was going to provide $12 billion in aid to help farmers with the “trade damage”… Read More
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First, don’t do 2,400 times more harm than good. In the past, the Environmental Protection Agency didn’t agree with that sentiment. That might be changing,… Read More
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Will the federal government block solutions that may help cigarette smokers kick their habit? The next commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, who will… Read More
LawCommentary
There are seemingly endless regulatory obstacles for critical infrastructure projects. One of these obstacles is starting to get some much-needed attention: abuse of Section 401… Read More
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The ongoing U.S.-China trade dispute is threatening the U.S. economy as a whole, and is hurting American farmers and ranchers. In recent years, China has… Read More
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Veggie burgers don’t come from cows. There’s no such thing as tofu turkey farms—as far as I know. Consumers know this, but that is not stopping… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Proponents of government control and coercion suffered a big loss last week. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, well-known for its liberal… Read More
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For years, the Environmental Protection Agency has been issuing some of the costliest regulations in U.S. history, especially when it comes to its air pollution… Read More
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The current farm bill process is eerily similar to what happened with Obamacare. In 2010, then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., infamously uttered, “But we have to… Read More
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We’re in the holiday season, but that doesn’t mean conservative legislators should take a holiday from their conservative principles. Unfortunately, the farm bill devised by… Read More
