A dispute over Dietary Guidelines isn’t about hidden conflicts — it’s about an effort to turn transparency into a disqualifier.

The Carver Center has submitted a memorandum to federal Inspectors General clarifying the public record and legal standards surrounding the 2025–2030 Dietary Guidelines. Read the full letter.

When a single state’s sales conditions reshape farming decisions nationwide, federalism enters new terrain. The question is whether interstate commerce is governed by Congress or by market power.

A new Carver Center report examines how California’s Proposition 12 turned state authority into national rule without Congressional action.

How pork prices in Hawaii, California, and Utah show what happens when regulation adds distance to the grocery aisle.

Across the country, families are stretching meals thinner and thinner, often sacrificing protein first when budgets run tight.

Affordability is measured by whether families can keep food on the table week after week without falling behind elsewhere. It depends on scale, stability, and the freedom to choose.

Why food and farming depend on practical decisions, not hazard absolutism

The growing risks of allowing individual states to govern production beyond their borders.

An initiative focused on affordability, access, and evidence in food and agriculture policy.