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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Wednesday, November 20, 2024
USDA and EPA have announced key leadership appointments, and the Republican Steering Committee has announced members appointed to serve on the House Agriculture Committee.
Anne Thompson joins the National Corn Growers Association, Kaitlynn Glover joins the Public Lands Council, and Kellie Adesina joins the government relations team for Bayer crop science division.
Nearly 150 scientists from dozens of different fields have joined together to identify five major research subjects – including gene editing and advanced data analysis – critical for the future of food and agriculture.
A crew from Jimmy Kimmel Live went to farmers markets in 2014 to ask regular citizens about genetic engineering. Each person was asked, “What is a GMO?”
WASHINGTON, Oct. 18, 2017 - USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) needs an array of updated and alternative tools and new statistical models to achieve 21st century bean counting on American farms and ranches, says a coast-to-coast team of statistical experts, economists and others who released their findings this week in a National Academy of Sciences report.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 14, 2017 - The process used to develop the Dietary Guidelines for Americans every five years needs an overhaul to increase efficiency and transparency, and enhance credibility, says a new report from the National Academy of Sciences.
WASHINGTON, March 9, 2017 – Federal agencies that regulate biotechnology may not have the staffing and expertise to handle the plethora of new products expected over the next five to 10 years, according to a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
