Articles by Philip Brasher

Defend Trade Secrets Act, Randy Russell, Donald Trump, NAFTA, Trans-Pacific Partnership, American Academy of Pediatrics, Food and Drub Administration, Gerber Products, Farm Land Values, MetLife Investment Management, La Nina, biodiesel, Brazil

National Security Summit, Xi Jinxing, Justin Trudeau, Pew Research Center, Bernie Sanders, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, Tom Vilsack, SNAP,

The top lobbyist for Campbell Soup Co. says it s time of the food industry to put the GMO behind debate behind and embrace a national labeling requirement.

Senate Agriculture Chairman Pat Roberts and ranking member Debbie Stabenow say they re committed to passing legislation that would preempt state GMO labeling laws. But moves by food companies to start labeling their products may embolden Democrats to insist on a national requirement for so

An era that has seen some of the biggest advances in U.S. food safety reaches a new milestone with Michael Taylor s departure from the Food and Drug Administration, where he is deputy commissioner of foods, in charge of regulating 80 percent of the food supply.

Groups representing biodiesel and advanced biofuels hope to get extension of their industries expiring tax credits included in an FAA reauthorization bill. Democrats have been pushing Republicans to include extensions of some tax credits that they were say were mistakenly left out of the

The Senate votes Monday on the bipartisan Defend Trade Secrets Act (S. 1890)

Even as a bill has stalled in the Senate for national biotech labeling, activists in several Northeastern states are pushing to get mandatory GMO bills passed before their legislatures adjourn. Although the bills are similar to a Vermont law

House GOP leaders are struggling to move a fiscal 2017 budget amid a revolt by hard-line conservatives and lawmakers as they face a tighter-than usual schedule for passing the annual appropriations bills.

For years, farmers, biotech companies and the food industry have been fighting off proposals for mandatory GMO labeling out of fear that it would force manufacturers to switch to non-biotech ingredients and cripple the technology.