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The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed strengthening air quality standards, saying the health benefits of fighting ground-level ozone, or smog, “will significantly outweigh the costs.”

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will unveil new regulations today, requiring nutrition labels on menus in restaurants, super markets and even that buttery bucket of popcorn in movie theaters.

Almost 2,500 applicants will receive disaster assistance aid through the USDA’s Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees, and Farm-Raised Fish Program (ELAP), according to the USDA.

In an effort to increase agricultural response to an Environmental Protection Agency analysis that found neonicotinoids have no yield benefit for soybeans, Bayer created an online portal –www.AgVoice4Choice.com – that allows people to send letters to their U.S. Congress representatives.

Ending discrimination against women – including in the United States – is key in the global battle against hunger, according to a new report from Bread for the World Institute.

President Barack Obama’s executive order regarding undocumented immigrants does little for the agricultural industry, according to several farm group representatives, who say legislative reform through Congress is the way to solve farm labor problems.

The beliefs and narratives that need rethinking are those around GMOs and organic food.

The Environmental Protection Agency announced today that it wouldn't finalize a 2014 rule for the Renewable Fuels Standard, saying a glut of comments will push action back into 2015.

The House Foreign Affairs Committee on Thursday favorably reported to the full House a bill that supporters say would strengthen President Obama’s Feed the Future Initiative as it works to alleviate hunger around the globe.