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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Thursday, September 05, 2024
About a year after the onset of the most pronounced economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic, consumer spirits are back to where they were before the virus hit American shores.
The Agriculture Department is looking for feedback on how to develop a climate-smart agriculture and forestry strategy as part of its implementation of an executive order on reducing carbon emissions.
A CalEPA office plans to adopt a higher Prop. 65 cancer risk warning on the fumigant after agreeing with a petition from Californians for Pesticide Reform.
The Senate is set to OK President Joe Biden’s nominees for Interior secretary and U.S. Trade Representative this week, while the House looks to jump-start a congressional debate over immigration reform and farm labor.
Farmers warned the Senate Agriculture Committee on Thursday that ag climate policy can’t leave out farmers who have already adopted conservation practices or producers in regions with limited prospects for earning soil carbon credits.
The Farmers to Families Food Box program has played a valuable role in addressing the hunger crisis caused by the COVID pandemic, but it needs to be improved so farms of all sizes can take advantage of it and hungry Americans can obtain needed sustenance, witnesses told the House Agriculture Committee Thursday.