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Raising poultry is hard enough work, but West Virginia farmer Lois Alt has been battling not only the weather lately but also the EPA – and she’s winning. The EPA is threatening to fine Alt $37,500 each time it rains. ...

New federal requirements for meat labeling have raised not only consumer awareness about food origins but also the chance for spiked grocery prices. The country-of-origin labeling rule (COOL) requires certain food products, particularly most beef and poultry, to include specific ...

Opposition from small farmers has forced the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to revise controversial new food safety regulations. Critics charged the regulations would have made organic and sustainable farming nearly impossible. The new rules were an attempt to stop ...

In its efforts to ensure the safety of food, the US government may actually be ignoring the real problem while shutting down small organic farms. So says the Cornucopia Institute, a Wisconsin-based farm policy research group which released a 16-page ...

Regulatory changes imposed by the Obama administration could force up to 207 coal-fired power plants to shut down over the next 10 years, leading to higher electric bills for Americans and potentially further weakening the power grid. Coal supplies 40 ...

Wood-burning stoves offer warmth and enhance off-grid living options during cold weather months, but the tried-and-true heating devices now are under attack by the Environmental Protection Agency. The EPA has proposed banning the production and sale of the types of ...

The number of farms in the United States is down to the lowest that it’s been in six years, according to the Associated Press. In 2012 alone, 11,630 farms were lost, and this trend is projected to continue. Along with ...

Dear Joel,

I've had the pleasure of reading most, if not all of your books, and find them insightful, witty, and funny.... and unfortunately sad when I consider the current state of our country and the continous erosion of our rights. I do appreciate your efforts to bring sanity to what is at times an insane world. My questions for you today are based on my plans of retiring in the not too distant future and purchasing a piece of land I can do some farming on....

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With unemployment still resting above 9 percent, some in Washington are pointing a finger back at the government as the main problem. House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-Mich.) is publicly calling on President Obama to reign in the ...

In this era of corporate greed and government trickery, we’re all slaves to the pharmaceutical giants.  If you or a loved one gets sick, you’ve got no choice but to rely on the care of this massive, incompetent bureaucracy.  What’s ...