Articles by Rebekah Alvey

USDA is seeking public comment on the implementation of the SUSTAINS Act, which incentivizes the private sector to support conservation programs through matching agency funds. 

The Food and Drug Administration has released draft guidance on its second round of voluntary sodium reduction targets in various commercially processed, packaged and prepared foods in its latest effort to address diet-related diseases connected with high-sodium intake.

USDA is seeking nominations for a Growing Climate Solutions Act-mandated advisory council focused on making it easier for producers to participate in voluntary environmental credit markets, like carbon credits. 

A bipartisan group of senators is pushing the Treasury Department to restrict the new 45Z clean fuels tax credit to domestically sourced feedstocks. That would prevent imports of used cooking oil from qualifying for the tax subsidy. 

USDA has issued one-time payments to farmers, ranchers and forest landowners across the country who experienced discrimination in farm loan programs or did not equitable access to federal resources prior to the start of the Biden administration. In all, $2.2 billion has been disbursed.