Items Tagged with 'pandemic'

Universal free school meals, launched at the start of the pandemic in March 2020 and extended through the current school year, improved collaborations between school nutrition departments and district leaders and increased student participation in many locations.

In January 2020, California Organic CEO Kelly Damewood outlined her organization’s plans to push for more organic acres in California and offered her take on Gov. Gavin Newsom. A pandemic and two legislative sessions later, organic demand is high and more farmers are looking into the potential transition.

In this opinion piece, Chuck Conner with the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives and Daren Coppock with the Agricultural Retailers Association discuss USDA’s recent announcement on extending the comment period on the request for information related to the report on creating a more resilient food and ag supply chain.