Philip Brasher

Former presidential candidate Ben Carson, defending his endorsement of Donald Trump, famously opined that there are two Trumps -- the bombastic public version and the more cerebral Trump who in private can converse in detail about complex policies. Two Iowans who spent some tim

The Kellogg Co. has joined Mars Inc. and General Mills Inc. in announcing plans to start complying with Vermontps first-in-the-nation GMO labeling requirements that take effect in July.

General Mills Inc. has become the second major food maker to announce that it will start labeling its products for biotech ingredients as required by a Vermont law set to take this summer.

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The future of agricultural biotechnology could be on the line Wednesday as the Senate takes a crucial vote on legislation that would preempt state GMO labeling laws. But backers of the bill, led by Agriculture Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kan

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Senate Agriculture Chairman Pat Roberts offered a new plan for disclosing biotech food ingredients even as he continued negotiations on a deal that could get enough Democratic votes to pass the Senate.

The Senate looks to settle the issue of biotech labeling once and for all this week with a historic debate on legislation that would block states from requiring GMO disclosure.

he Obama administration`s $1-billion-a-year effort to improve food security in some of the poorest countries in the world has cleared a key Senate hurdle for the first time. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Thursday approved the bipartisan Global Food Security Act

Senate Agriculture Chairman Pat Roberts is working to get agreement with Democrats on a biotech disclosure bill that could get passed next week just ahead of the Senate s Easter recess. Roberts planned to meet with the committee s ranking Democrat, Debbie Stabenow of Michigan,