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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Friday, August 16, 2024
For nearly four decades, the federal government has protected environmentally sensitive farmland through a simple bargain with farmers known as “conservation compliance.” If they want to receive farm program benefits, growers can’t plow up wetlands, and they must take steps to protect highly erodible acreage.
The federal agencies that buy food for distribution try to buy products locally but don’t have a comprehensive way of tracking the source of products, according to a report by the Government Accountability Office.
Chris Adamo is now the head of global sustainability impact and B Corp at Danone and Andy Curliss has been hired by the National Pork Producers Council.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has filled several key staff positions, naming a new director of intergovernmental affairs and a staff director for the Natural Resources Conservation Service.
A new study showing that one in four active-duty members of the military are food insecure is “an eye-opening reminder of the challenges” faced by military families, according to a statement from the Agriculture Department.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack highlighted concerns over declining U.S. farms and farmland and other key issues the agency faces during a Senate Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee hearing Tuesday. The hearing focused on President Joe Biden’s 2025 budget request for the agency.
In this opinion piece, House Agriculture Committee Chairman Glenn "GT" Thompson explains how he plans to prescribe a cost-neutral process to make changes in the Thrifty Food Plan in a new farm bill that will be developed by his committee before Memorial Day.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Monday there is a “concerted” effort in Congress to pass a farm bill this year, but also suggested that hardline conservative demands are making the effort more challenging for House Republicans.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack will be defending Biden administration policies this week, starting today as keynote speaker for the annual Washington meeting of the North American Agricultural Journalists.
