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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Friday, September 27, 2024
The Federal Advisory Committee of the Office of Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production will hold a virtual public meeting to discuss food waste, surplus food recovery and more on Aug. 1.
Xochitl Torres Small, a former congresswoman and the granddaughter of farmworkers, was easily confirmed by the Senate Tuesday as USDA's new deputy agriculture secretary.
Senate Agriculture Committee Chair Debbie Stabenow is planning to hold a committee hearing on foreign land ownership at some point this Congress, though she is still unsure of when, she told reporters Monday.
The Senate is expected to approve a new deputy secretary for USDA this week as lawmakers return from their July 4 break facing a backlog of fiscal 2024 spending bills heading into the August recess.
A Labor Department investigation has found at least two teenagers — one 16 years old and the other 17 — operating meat-processing equipment in violation of federal child labor orders at Monogram Meat Snacks LLC in Chandler, Minnesota.