Philip Brasher

Senate appropriators will step up pressure on the Agriculture Department to back off from tightening regulations for convenience stores that accept food stamps, and there al-so could be a fight this week over proposed new restrictions for organic livestock opera-tions.

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Leading consumer advocates and environmental groups are pushing the Food and Drug Administration to prohibit the use of the term ànaturalà on food products or at least require them to meet the same standards as organic foods. FDA àhas the clear authority and responsibility to ba

After a week-long recess, Congress has just over 30 working days left to enact a law that would stop Vermontàs first-in-the-nation GMO labeling law from taking effect. No agreement on a preemption bill has yet to emerge, and Senate Agriculture Chairman Pat Roberts

Farmers eager to see Congress make it easier for them to secure foreign workers have been pinning their hopes on lawmakers finally taking up immigration reform in 2017. With Donald Trump now the presumptive GOP nominee, some supporters of immigration reform believe the chances for that hap

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Donald Trump tries to win over congressional Republicans as lawmakers return to work this week facing some major unfinished business, including negotiations on biotech food labeling

With the U.S. Senate still at work on an agreement on biotech labeling, a major food company is rushing ahead with research on possible labeling language that could serve as an alternative to the wording required by a Vermont law. The Campbell Soup Co. is testing as many as nin

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