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Privacy and hunger groups sue over USDA attempt to collect personal data of SNAP recipients

Privacy and hunger relief groups and a handful of people receiving food assistance benefits are suing the federal government over the Trump administration’s attempts to collect the personal information of millions of U.S. residents who use the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program

The Independent UK

Inheritance tax changes ‘bad for farmers’ focus on environment’ – watchdog head

Alan Lovell, chairman of the Environment Agency, revealed that farmers caused a record number of pollution incidents in English rivers.

The Independent UK

Brazil activists decry green rollbacks as senate passes ‘devastation bill’

Legislation would dismantle regulations in farming, mining and energy, increasing risk of widespread destruction

The Guardian - US

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Japan's rice crisis: Prices soar, supplies dwindle and a minister resigns

Rice is essential to Japanese culture, tradition and politics

The Independent UK

Thailand's ex-Prime Minister Yingluck ordered to pay for losses from a rice subsidy program

A Thai court has ordered exiled former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to pay more than $304 million to compensate for losses incurred by a money-losing rice farming subsidy program that her government had implemented more than a decade ago

The Independent UK

The hidden cost of your supermarket sea bass

Revealed: an investigation shows how consumers buying fish in the UK are playing a role in food insecurity and unemployment in Senegal

The Guardian - UK

Chocolate and rice among key EU imports facing climate threats

European supermarket shelves could become emptier as climate change and biodiversity loss threaten food production in countries that export to the EU, a report published on Wednesday warned.

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EU Ready To Tax Russian Fertilisers As Early As July

EU lawmakers are set to greenlight tariffs on fertiliser imports from Russia on Thursday, despite European farmers' fears the move risks sending global prices soaring.

International Business Times

Prominent Brexiteer declares he is a French farmer as takes sideswipe at EU

A Tory former Cabinet minister presses the Government in Parliament over its ‘reset’ deal with the bloc.

Evening Standard

Texas braces for an imminent screwworm infestation, a threat to the state’s cattle industry

U.S. Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz hope to fund an operation to kill the parasitic fly before too much damage is done.

The Texas Tribune

Farmers fear Trump trade winds could damage crops: ‘It’s unnerving’

Economists estimate grain farmers could lose money as total production costs remain above current prices

The Guardian - US

Congress Backs Plan to Air-Drop Flies Into Mexico to Stop Flesh-Eating Pest From Crossing the Border

A bipartisan push to fund sterile fly production aims to stop a flesh-eating pest creeping up from Mexico and threatening U.S. cattle

Latin Times

Japan farm minister Taku Eto quits after gaffe over free rice

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba names Shinjiro Koizumi, son of popular former premier Junichiro Koizumi, as successor.

Al Jazeera

Will EU deal make food cheaper, add $12bn to the UK economy?

PM Keir Starmer has heralded a ‘landmark deal’ seeking to reset ties between the United Kingdom and the European Union.

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The Guardian - UK

EU’s ‘chocolate crisis’ worsened by climate breakdown, researchers warn

Cocoa one of six commodities vulnerable to environmental threats in ‘extremely worrying picture’ for food resilience

International Business Times

Japan Farm Minister Resigns Over Free Rice Gaffe

Japan's farm minister resigned Wednesday after a gaffe about rice drew public fury in a country experiencing soaring prices of the cherished staple.

The Guardian - AU

Japanese minister resigns after saying he doesn’t buy rice because he gets it free

Taku Etō’s remarks drew fury as cost of rice has nearly doubled in a year amid soaring food prices

The Guardian - UK

Watchdog urges Scotland to take action after repeatedly missing climate targets

Climate Change Committee says original goal of a 75% emissions cut by 2030 will now be delayed by up to six years

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The Independent UK

Colombia lost huge area to deforestation in 6 months, public watchdog report warns

Colombia's Procurator’s Office says the country has lost nearly 88,900 hectares of forest — an area larger than New York City — in six months due to illegal road construction, expanding coca cultivation, and unregulated mining

The Guardian - UK

Northern Irish firms say UK-EU deal is a step in the right direction

New rules on agrifood products viewed as positive but some companies say they no longer need to use British suppliers

Evening Standard

‘No downside’ for fishing industry in EU deal, insists Environment Secretary

Steve Reed defended the trade agreement as a ‘reasonably good deal’ for the sector.

Evening Standard

‘Hat-trick of trade deals shows Britain back on the world stage’ – Starmer

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch claimed Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer had not done more to support fishing communities as they do not vote Labour.

The Guardian - UK

UK and EU reach deal over Brexit reset after fishing rights breakthrough

Brussels understood to have dropped demands to link deal duration for food checks with fishing rights in run-up to summit

The Independent UK

Mystery over sudden drop in bird flu cases across the US

Fears government cuts are affecting bird flu monitoring

The Independent UK

Mexico, Chile and Uruguay halt poultry imports from Brazil after bird flu outbreak

Mexico, Chile and Uruguay have halted poultry imports from Brazil after the country confirmed its first bird flu outbreak on a commercial farm

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