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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Saturday, January 18, 2025
Three-fourths of American voters want the federal government to incentivize sustainable farming practices, according to a food policy survey released Tuesday. And now, Food Policy Action, a group that advocates for transparency in food systems, and the Union of Concerned Sc
Significant growth in the agricultural sector is needed to feed a projected world population of 9.7 billion people by mid-century, but it must be done sustainably in order to ensure food and nutrition security, according to a new report.
Senators on the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee last week heard just how crucial expanding broadband infrastructure into the countrys most remote, and least populous areas is to bolstering the economic potential of rural America and sustaining advances in precision agr
Advocates for industrial hemp Ð the non-hallucinogenic cousin of marijuana Ð are looking to build on the progress they made with the passage of the 2014 farm bill with new legalization bills now pending in the House and Senate.
The Obama administration released its final rule on ozone levels Thursday, tightening the air quality standard for smog-causing pollution that threatens public health, but also prompting criticism from the agriculture sector and manufacturers.
United Fresh, a trade group that represents more than 1,200 produce growers, processors, shippers, retailers, and marketers, wrapped up its annual conference in Washington, Wednesday by taking their concerns to Capitol Hill.
The EPA announced Monday it will prohibit children from handling pesticides and require farm workers to complete pesticide safety training more frequently, bolstering protections for 2 million U.S. farm laborers and their families.
Americans are paying slightly less for a supermarket basket of 16 staples than they did a year ago, thanks in part to lower prices for dairy, bacon and apples and a drop in energy prices, according to the American Farm Bureau Federations annual Fall Harvest Marketbasket Survey.
The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) awarded $3.3 million in Monarch Butterfly Conservation Fund grants to help restore up to 33,000 acres of key monarch habitat, propagate over a half-billion milkweed and other nectaring seedings, and create 24 full-
