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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Monday, August 19, 2024
While the world awaits the results of U.S. negotiations to avert the “fiscal cliff,†or combination of tax hikes and spending cuts at the end of the year, agricultural leaders discussed potential farm bill outcomes at the National Press Club on Wednesday.
According to a survey released today by Agri-Pulse, 78 percent of large farm owners polled are voting for Mitt Romney in the presidential election and blame Democrats for the failure to pass a new farm bill.
National Food Day, an effort created by the Center for Science in the Public Interest, hosted a panel of academics and food analysts last night to discuss their visions for food and agriculture a few decades from now.
USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) will launch “Unlock the Secrets in the Soil,†a national education and awareness campaign, at the David Brandt Farm in Carroll, Ohio, today.
Consumer activists appealed to Michelle Obama today to support a California ballot initiative requiring labels on foods made with genetically modified organisms (GMO).
Today is the last day the Environmental Protection Agency accepts comments on how it should respond to requests to waive the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS).
Two “huge pieces of uncertainty†linger for agriculture in the last months of 2012, said USDA Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan at the United Fresh Produce Association’s Washington Public Policy Conference on Tuesday
During the African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) in Tanzania Thursday, Melinda Gates emphasized the need for targeted agricultural research investments to improve the productivity of African farmers, most of which are women