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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Friday, November 08, 2024
In an inflationary environment, food prices tend to shoot up like rockets and come down like feathers, and food economists believe that will continue to be the case in keeping food prices from going down heading into the holidays and 2024.
A bipartisan working group formed by the House Agriculture Committee to recommend possible changes to the H-2A visa program issued an interim report Tuesday that outlines a number of complaints by farmers, from rising wage rates to lengthy delays in getting approved workers into the country.
The Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program serves only half of eligible participants, and USDA and WIC supporters want to see the program continue to expand to reach all those who qualify.
In a major victory for grower groups, a federal appeals court vacated EPA regulations banning the use of chlorpyrifos, which should allow the insecticide to continue to be used in agriculture.
The Food and Drug Administration has proposed banning brominated vegetable oil (BVO) in food after new studies found the ingredient used in some citrus beverages could cause adverse health effects.
President Joe Biden and Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack are stopping at a Minnesota farm today to announce $5 billion in funding for projects across rural America.
Organic industry leaders are hoping the popularity of the Biden administration's transition assistance for new producers entering the sector will encourage lawmakers to put even more funding into such efforts.
One of the nation's largest grocers is enabling shoppers in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to place digital pickup and delivery orders.
The Biden administration is voicing dissatisfaction with two House spending bills teed up for action this week, criticizing drastic budget cuts and legislative riders targeting the administration’s diversity, equity and inclusion efforts.
A new coalition that includes consumer advocates and major industry groups plans to work with the FDA, as well as policymakers and media, to ensure the agency's new Human Foods Program has the vision and execution required to make needed cultural and organizational changes.
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