#Food-trade

I’m always interested in the USDA’s charts displaying food and agriculture statistics.  They help to clarify complicated issues. Agricultural trade is particularly opaque, but here it is at a glance. First, what the US exports: Next, what we import: What so bizarre here is that the

I saw this is a tweet from @WesternGrowers, the trade association that represents “local and regional family farmers growing fresh produce in Arizona, California, Colorado and New Mexico…We grow the best medicine in the world.®” High marks to the Western Growers Association for producing this

This tweet makes me think it’s time to talk about supply chains. Supply chains are a big problem right now, particularly for anything that has to be transported. How come?  Pandemic-induced buying sprees, coupled with shortages of: Truck drivers. Shipping crates. Longshoremen. Your local

I learned about this from a tweet. I recognized the clip.  It was from an interview I did in January in Toronto: TVO’s The Agenda: Battling bias in nutrition research (slso on YouTube, and in transcript).  Nam was the terrific interviewer. But do not miss Minhaj’s last Patriot Act episode of

I am ever surprised by the extent to which Trump Administration’s policies directly harm its core supporters.  Two recent reports tell the story. One comes from a group called Tariffs Hurt the Heartland, which has produced an accounting of the losses to businesses in Texas as a result of