Items Tagged with 'Nutrition'

In this joint opinion piece, Marshall Matz and Alan J Stone highlight Sen. Bobby Kennedy’s legacy when it comes to food policy and say that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. should keep that legacy in mind. 

In this opinion piece, Mark Purdy argues that based on recent research published by The Directions Group the loss of glyphosate would endanger commodity programs, crop insurance, nutrition assistance, and conservation funding.

In this opinion piece, Rep. Mike Flood, R-Neb., calls on Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to use the COP29 climate conference to push back against efforts by anti-meat activists to reduce global meat consumption.

In this joint opinion piece, Manuel Otero, director general of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture, and Fernando Mattos, minister of livestock, agriculture, and fisheries for Uruguay and president of the Inter-American Board of Agriculture, say an historic declaration facilitated by the G-20’s Agriculture Working Group makes the case for taking concrete steps to address the effects of climate change. 

In this opinion piece, Lucas Lentsch, CEO of the United Soybean Board, says a thriving world starts with adequate nutrition and that farmer investments are helping address the challenge. 

Senate Republican Whip John Thune sees expanding work requirements in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program as a way to cut the cost of the nutrition title in a new farm bill.

Rep. Brad Finstad, who is leading the House Agriculture subcommittee responsible for overseeing the farm bill's nutrition assistance programs, says lawmakers must ensure they offer "people a hand up, not just a handout." 

Speaking on Agri-Pulse Newsmakers, Maine Democrat Chellie Pingree says it is “no time to be cutting back” on the nutrition title within the farm bill.