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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Wednesday, December 18, 2024
USDA wants to hear from the public and policy experts about how to push unemployed, able-bodied adults who are getting Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits into the workforce.
Wading into a potentially divisive farm bill issue, Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue asked Congress to make it harder for states to get waivers from work requirements in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
Republican leaders are rushing to pass another short-term spending bill to keep the government funded into March, and the prospects for moving a new farm bill by early spring could hinge on whether some cotton and dairy provisions get thrown into the spending measure.
Is that imported food you're buying for your family safe? FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb says his agency is taking steps to make sure those foods meet the same safety standards as those in the U.S.
Whether it’s the FDA tightening control over produce safety as it implements the Food Safety Modernization Act or the Interior Department’s policies on cattle grazing, farmers and ranchers can get caught up in complex regulations written by agencies that often don’t understand agriculture the way USDA does.
Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue made it clear Wednesday that the Trump administration wants significant changes in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), also known as food stamps.
Gil Gonzalez is back in the Rural Development business at USDA. Anne Hazlett, assistant to Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue for RD, has named Gonzalez as her chief of staff,
