Articles Tagged with ''food''

Universal free school meals, launched at the start of the pandemic in March 2020 and extended through the current school year, improved collaborations between school nutrition departments and district leaders and increased student participation in many locations.

In this opinion piece, Blake Hurst a farmer and greenhouse grower in Northwest Missouri discusses his perspective on how the food system dialogue should occur.

Prices for global food commodities rose for the 10th month in a row in March, according to a new report from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

The citrus industry in Texas is expected to lose hundreds of millions of dollars due to last week’s winter storm, but other sectors say it may take weeks before economic impacts are fully known.

Two federal agencies charged with updating the nation’s nutrition guidance every five years have completed their work and are suggesting a broad approach to achieving healthy dietary patterns.

The House Republican Steering Committee has picked Rep. Glenn Thompson of Pennsylvania to serve as ranking member for the House Agriculture Committee, succeeding the retiring Rep. Mike Conaway.

A bipartisan agreement on spending levels for fiscal 2021 is raising hope that lawmakers can agree on a government spending bill before the end of the year.

The election as well as lawmaker retirements have shaken up leadership roles on key House and Senate Committees with jurisdiction over agriculture and food, which could force Capitol Hill legislators to forge new friendships.

The vast majority of foods sampled for pesticides in the 2018 fiscal year contained residues within EPA tolerances, the Food and Drug Administration said in a report released Tuesday.