Lisa Elaine Held
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Journalist: Food/ag/env/health. Currently: Senior staff reporter @CivilEats. [email protected], secure: Signal/@lisaelaineh.47, [email protected]
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http://www.lisaelaineheld.com 07-05-2009 14:13:59
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Great scoop frm Grace Yarrow “With the current budget environment, once this train leaves the station, if these investments are NOT included, it is hard to see a path forward for the remaining pieces of the farm bill,” House Ag GOP staff told farm groups politico.com/live-updates/2…
“Some of these groups have been working on improving these rules since the 1990s. It’s literally been decades, and finally, actual rules were finalized that have meaningful protections, and it’s just too precious a fight.” Civil Eats civileats.com/2025/05/19/liv…
Scoop: In the notice, USDA said the regs are “obsolete,” but they were also one of the only potential sources of data on when, where, and how “restricted use” pesticides are used. Civil Eats civileats.com/2025/06/03/usd…
My latest: “That is the height of cruelty,” said Sen. Cory Booker. “It is a violation of our values. It is a moral obscenity.” Civil Eats civileats.com/2025/06/04/dem…
During today’s House Ag hearing, Representative Mary Miller used air quotes when she said “climate change,” implying that it is not real. A reminder that the climate crisis is the number one threat facing American farms, according to scientific fact. civileats.com/2023/03/20/the…
Close to 2,400 employees of the Natural Resources Conservation Service have accepted an offer to resign, leaving fewer hands to protect rural landscapes. Read more from Lisa Elaine Held. ⬇️ buff.ly/wgddzkO
