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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Friday, January 17, 2025
- Carbohydrates are often viewed as the enemy when it comes to diet and health. But what if scientists could pack the carb-filled foods we love with valuable protein that also cures diseases?
A toxic spill caused by workers employed by the Environmental Protection Agency shut down major irrigation sources for farmers in the region, fueling more animosity toward the agency and triggering lawsuits.
Pressure is mounting on the Environmental Protection Agency to ban or further curb the use of chlorpyrifos, an insecticide widely used to protect crops such as soybeans, wheat, alfalfa, citrus and peanuts.
The Coalition for Safe Affordable Food (CFSAF) is releasing advertisements in Minnesota and Kansas to encourage support for a bill that would bar states from enacting mandatory GMO labeling laws.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing stricter rules for applicators of restricted use pesticides, which make up about 5 percent of all pesticides registered at EPA, according to Jim Jones, the agencys assistant administrator for the Office of
Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., and fellow Democrats walked out of a Senate Environment and Public Works Committee meeting held today to consider several bills, including one to block the presidents Clean Power Plan and another that would alter Clean Water Act pesticide
The U.S. District Court in Idaho has ruled that the state0s so-called 0ag gag0 law, which criminalizes surreptitious videotaping at an agricultural operation, is unconstitutional.
