Politics
Are we on the cusp of the first $1 trillion Farm Bill?

A trillion dollars, mostly groceries

Chase Purdy · 7 min read · Apr 27
The $4.99 bird for everyone

Let them eat Costco

Chase Purdy · 10 min read · Apr 25
Rollins defends a budget nobody expects to pass

The numbers are contested. The direction of travel is not

Chase Purdy · 6 min read · Apr 16
Should we force our spice racks to tell the truth?

Your vanilla extract is American. The orchid farmers who made it are not

Chase Purdy · 6 min read · Apr 10
The voters paying for this trade war

China's retaliation didn't target coastal elites. It targeted the middle.

Chase Purdy · 11 min read · Mar 23
One market, many prices

The EU single market is three decades old. European grocery bills never got the memo

Chase Purdy · 10 min read · Mar 20
The laws that were supposed to protect farmers are protecting something else

Fifty states. One law. One clear winner.

Chase Purdy · 6 min read · Mar 19
The Strait of Hormuz isn’t just an oil story

It's also a food story.

Chase Purdy · 4 min read · Mar 19
How climate change is recasting Europe’s wine regions

Long excluded from fine wine, the continent reconsiders hybrid grapes

Chase Purdy · 5 min read · Jan 9