fast food

During a two-day review of USDA by the House Agriculture Committee, USDA officials said payments to crop farmers for the 2014 crop year are projected to total $6.5 million. The payments will largely go to corn producers who signed up for the Agricultural Risk Coverage program...

Federal authorities raided the Zionsville, Ind., home of Subway spokesman Jared Fogle early this morning as they searched for evidence of child pornography.

You may want to think twice the next time you order a pizza.

One of the big knocks on fast food (ummm, delicious) is that it contributes to obesity in the poor since the poor allegedly eat a disproportionate amount of inexpensive fast food. But a new study appears to contradict all that...the lates from U.C. Davis.

Food stamps are not allowed to be used in restaurants, other than in a few states, but some fast food chains want that rule changed. Yum! Brands, which owns Taco Bell, KFC, Long John Silver's and Pizza Hut, is lobbying the government to allow food stamps to be used at its fast-food outlets, at a time when food stamp benefits have more than doubled between 2005 and 2010.