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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Friday, January 17, 2025
In this opinion piece, Dana M. O’Brien, president and founder of BioHarbor Strategies, says the new Congress and incoming Trump administration must support and accelerate biomanufacturing as a national policy priority.
Beijing recently approved a tranche of new gene-edited and genetically modified crop varieties and said it will accelerate breeding to boost yields – the latest chapter in a long-running drive for greater food self-sufficiency.
Tax and spending cuts are at the top of the to-do list for congressional Republicans and President-elect Donald Trump. But there are a broad array of other issues in play that are critical to food and agriculture, from farm bill and the next dietary guidelines to regulations for pesticides and gene-edited crops, and the future of the Biden administration's climate policies.
In this opinion piece, Dana M. O’Brien, president and founder of BioHarbor Strategies, argues that former President Donald Trump's embrace of RFK Jr could negatively affect U.S. agriculture.
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