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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Thursday, November 21, 2024
The Rockefeller Foundation’s mission—unchanged since 1913—is to promote the well-being of humanity throughout the world. Global food security, one of the Foundation’s major focuses, will be front and center when Dr. Raj Shah joins the Rockefeller Foundation (RF) as its new President effective March 1, 2017.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 22, 2017 - A six-year fight by a South Dakota newspaper to obtain retail-specific data on Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program sales will likely last another year after supermarkets were able to secure a delay in the planned release of the information by USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 22, 2017 - When it comes to the European Union, the U.S. beef industry feels it just can’t win – despite a ruling by the World Trade Organization 19 years ago against EU restrictions on American beef.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 22, 2017 - In a display of both pop music talent and robotics advancement, Lady GaGa opened her flashy Super Bowl half-time show last month singing God Bless America while a computer choreographed 300 drones with red, white and blue LED lights in the sky to form a U.S. flag.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16, 2017 - Should SNAP recipients be allowed to use their benefits to buy soda or other food items usually considered to be unhealthy? That was the question considered by the House Agriculture Committee at a hearing today, but there was no definitive answer.
WASHINGTON, February 16, 2017 – The Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research is committing $10 million toward reversing the decline of the pollinator population in the U.S. The first $4 million will go toward research proposals addressing...
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 – In an effort to simplify food purchases and reduce food waste, grocery manufacturers and retailers have launched an industry-wide effort to adopt standard wording on packaging about the quality and safety of products.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10, 2017 - California dairy farmers will be closely examining the Agricultural Marketing Service’s newly announced proposal to establish a Federal Milk Marketing Order (FMMO) in their state.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9, 2017 – The American Sugar Alliance again came to the defense today of the government programs that keep floods of foreign sugar out of the U.S. through....
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9, 2017 - President Trump is getting pressure from farm groups and rural business interests to ensure that his White House has the staff in place to address the needs of rural areas
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