The Cost of Silence for Organic Growers & a Sustainable Future

On How the USDA Deleted Critical Funds & Climate Data, and the Fate of Organic Farming in America

In late January 2025, organic farmers woke up to find something unsettling: the U.S. Department of Agriculture had quietly purged its websites of climate-smart farming data, interactive tools, and funding information. The order came on January 30, instructing staff to “archive or unpublish any landing pages focused on climate change” within 24 hours. En…