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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Wednesday, November 27, 2024
In this opinion piece, Frank Yianna, former Deputy Commissioner for Food Policy & Response at the FDA, weighs in on the importance of passing the Food Date Labeling Act to reduce food waste and reduce consumer confusion over food date labels.
Lawmakers have until Friday to pass the first of their fiscal 2024 spending bills, including the measure needed to fund USDA, or they’ll have to pass another stopgap spending measure to avert a partial shutdown of the government. The Biden administration also is scheduled to announce a critical update of the GREET model that’s used to measure the carbon intensity of biofuels.
USDA’s Equity Commission is out with a detailed set of recommendations for reforming a wide range of programs, including the way commodity and conservation programs operate.
Agriculture groups and state-level agencies are calling on the Agriculture Department, the Food and Drug Administration and the Environmental Protection Agency to give rendering a greater role in their proposed strategy for reducing food loss and waste.
Only five years ago Kevin Ortenblad was growing hydroponic lettuce indoors, near New London, Minnesota. The arugula, romaine, and iceberg greens he produced were some of the most flavorful to be found, according to the grocery stores who bought them.
The Food and Drug Administration has been testing an array of ideas for new front-of-package nutrition labeling requirements that are due out this summer intending to reduce diet-related diseases.
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