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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Saturday, November 30, 2024
Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., called on nutrition advocates Thursday to defend the authority granted in the 2018 farm bill to update the Thrifty Food Plan without being cost neutral.
Global demand requires that the world add more than 20 million acres to crop production over the next five years, agricultural economist Dan Basse told attendees of the American Seed Trade Association’s annual field crop convention in Orlando Wednesday.
Despite overwhelming evidence that poor diets contribute to preventable illness and many leading causes of death;– including heart disease, cancer and Type 2 diabetes – doctors and other health professionals get little training in nutrition in medical school and other education.
USDA has joined the Environmental Protection Agency and Food and Drug Administration in proposing a draft strategy to reduce food loss and waste, with the intention of carrying out the plan in 2024.
Namandjé Bumpus will step into the role of principal deputy commissioner at the Food and Drug Administration following the retirement of Janet Woodcock early next year, and Michael Rogers has been named associate commissioner for regulatory affairs.
With more than one-third of food produced in the United States going to waste, new private sector ventures, government agencies and farmers are tackling the challenge of reducing the environmental and economic costs of food waste by moving it into beneficial channels.
The Food and Drug Administration is encouraging consumer vigilance to limit the impact of a Salmonella outbreak tied to cantaloupe consumption across more than 30 states and Canada.
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