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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Wednesday, August 21, 2024
A Washington lobby group representing the meat sector and a major player in cultured protein development sent a joint letter to the administration on Thursday.
A District Court judge in California has ruled that a group of organic stakeholders has the legal standing to challenge USDA’s withdrawal of organic animal welfare language earlier this year.
Julie Anna Potts, the executive vice president and treasurer of the American Farm Bureau Federation, will take over as president and CEO of the North American Meat Institute effective Sept. 24.
Schools have sharply increased their purchases of locally produced foods in recent years while also taking other measures to reduce food waste and encourage kids to eat more healthful products, including installing school gardens.
The No. 2-ranking Senate Republican is urging the Senate’s farm bill negotiators to consider tightening food stamp work requirements in line with provisions in the House-passed version.
USDA is moving quickly to implement its planned move of the Economic Research Service and National Institute of Food and Agriculture out of Washington, D.C., requesting “expressions of interest” (EOIs) about new locations for the two agencies.
Hundreds of USDA workers will have to move outside the Washington, D.C., area as part of a reorganization plan announced Thursday by Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue.
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has given the Environmental Protection Agency 60 days to revoke all food tolerances and cancel all registrations for the widely used insecticide chlorpyrifos.