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Short supply à the biggest issue facing the organic agriculture sector in 2015 à will undoubtedly hinder growth in the sector through 2016. But the CEO of the Organic Trade Association (OTA), Laura Batcha, says her group has a three-part plan that will help increa

While a coalition of cattle organizations agreed to work toward changes on the national beef checkoff last year, it looks like Congress may not get to vote on the proposed changes until the next farm bill.

A congressional commission charged with finding ways to combat hunger and improve nutrition recommends barring the use of food stamps for some sugary beverages and instead providing incentives for buying healthful foods. The report by the National Commission on Hunger also suggests Congress an

South Africa has made no apparent progress toward removing its trade bans on U.S. poultry, pork and beef imports, despite an ultimatum to repeal them months ago from President Barack Obama and years of pressure from the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative.

The bipartisanship that took hold as Congress enacted a series of major pieces of legislation be-fore Christmas is likely to come to a quick end as the election year begins.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 4, 2016 -- The Food and Drug Administration will consider whether to ban the use of seven food additives based on their potential to cause cancer in humans or other animals.

Differences over labeling dominated debates over food policy in 2015 and promise to carry on into the new year.

The Justice Department has reportedly launched a criminal investigation of Blue Bell Creameries over a deadly listeria outbreak, the latest example of the Obama administration s effort to turn up the heat on producers and processors over food safety failures.

The next step in the food industry°s challenge to a Vermont law requiring labeling of some foods made from genetically engineered ingredients likely will be a decision by a three-judge panel of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in New York City.

Additional organic farmers and handlers will be exempt from paying into commodity checkoff programs, under a rule being finalized by USDA s Agricultural Marketing Service.