Articles by Spencer Chase

Food and nutrition experts gathered in Washington recently for the Dietary Guidelines Summit hosted by Ohio Stateps Food Innovation Center. The summit featured several panels discussing topics ranging from the upcoming release of the 2015 DGA to how the American public can better digest n

Agriculture groups and farm-state lawmakers reacted with sharp criticism today after the EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers released the final rule redefining which waters of the U.S. can be regulated under the Clean Water Act.

When the World Trade Organization (WTO) ruled against the U.S. on Monday for the fourth and final time in a challenge to its country-of-origin labeling (COOL) law, it was only a matter of time until efforts began on Capitol Hill to repeal the law.

As legislation to ease the approval of trade agreements works its way through Capitol Hill, agricultural leaders are wondering how the actions of a key trading partner will impact trade talks across the Atlantic Ocean.

Just two days after the World Trade Organization (WTO) upheld an earlier decision that a U.S. country-of-origin labeling (COOL) rule is not compliant with international trade obligations, House lawmakers officially began the procedural steps necessary to repeal

The World Trade Organization (WTO) has once again ruled a U.S. country-of-origin labeling (COOL) rule for meat non-complaint with international trade obligations

Some Congressional Democrats are calling on U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman to release food safety language of the pending Trans-Pacific Partnership to the public

If the EPA follows its court-ordered deadline, three years� worth of Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) volume requirements could be announced June 1, but what lies within that pending announcement is anyone�s guess.

The deadline for public input on the scientific report of the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (DGAC) is midnight Friday, giving supporters and opponents of the report just hours to speak now or forever hold their peace.

A ruling on the U.S. country-of-origin labeling (COOL) rule for meat is expected from the World Trade Organization (WTO) by May 18, and four of agricultures top lawmakers on Capitol Hill have different ideas on what could come next.