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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Saturday, October 05, 2024
Food company executives will have to take steps to address environmental, social and governance issues, even though the political discourse around the ESG issue may feel like it’s a fad, said Bernie Baskin, director for ESG strategy and engagement for Walmart, the nation’s largest grocer.
In the past 11 fiscal years, USDA’s Rural Development agency has financed $341.3 billion through more than 1.7 million different investments, according to a new Rural Data Gateway dashboard unveiled by the agency that shows where the dollars are going.
A $20 million grant from the state of Wyoming– the largest economic grant in the state’s history– will scale Plenty’s work in indoor agriculture research and development.
President Biden will use his State of the Union message tonight to try to convince a skeptical public that the economy is on the mend, and that his policies have a lot to do with it.
President Joe Biden tries to sell his economic agenda to the country with his annual State of the Union address this week, and the Senate Agriculture pivots its farm bill preparations to focus on commodity programs and crop insurance.
Food manufacturer Kerry Inc. has pleaded guilty to a charge that it made a popular Kellogg's breakfast cereal in “insanitary conditions,” leading to a salmonella outbreak that sickened more than 100 people in 2018.
The Agriculture Department is proposing to restrict the sugar content of school meals, while tightening sodium limits, increasing whole grains requirements and possibly letting schools continue serving low-fat flavored milk.