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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Wednesday, January 15, 2025
This congressional struggle over the future of country-of-origin labeling of meat hinges on the same issue it always has: What does it mean to be a product of the United States? The House voted overwhelmingly to repeal the law in the wake of a final ruling by World Trade Organizati
The House cleared away another key trade item off its to-do-list, providing final congressional approval to an extension of Trade Adjustment Assistance programs. The renewal of TAA was originally included in a trade promotion bill but was removed after House Democrats stalled the c
The Senate has cleared a trade promotion bill that will give President Obama the authority he says he needs to wrap up trade agreements 11 Pacific Rim nations and the European Union.
The 60-38 vote to give final congressional approval to the fast-track bill (HR 2146) w
The Environmental Protection Agency has rejected a petition from the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) asking the agency to review and limit the use of the herbicide glyphosate to prevent unreasonable adverse effects to the monarch butterfly.
Witnesses told a House Education and Workforce subcommittee Wednesday that the school nutrition standards authorized by the Obama administrations Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act (HHFKA) are a good recipe for encouraging healthy eating in schools, but could be improved with
Results from a new survey conducted by the National Young Farmers Coalition (NYFC) show that student loan debt is one of the key barriers preventing young people from becoming farmers and ranchers.
AGree, an agricultural think tank with former USDA Secretary Dan Glickman as one of its co-chairs, released a report today on how to improve the food and agricultural research system, and called on Congress to hold hearings on the topic.
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