Senators Corey Booker (D-NJ), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) have announced The Justice for Black Farmers Act, a measure aimed at reforming the USDA and creating a land grant program to encourage a new generation of Black farmers.
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The New York Times is reporting that intense lobbying is going on behind the scenes for the USDA Secretary post. Organic advocates are pushing very hard for Rep. Marcia Fudge.
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Unless an equivalency agreement is soon reached as part of the trade deal, organic food exports from the UK to the EU could effectively cease.
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I wonder if these five new members know that they will be sitting on an “independent” board that is not allowed to set its own agenda.
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Stakeholders fear organic food exports will be banned if mutual recognition is not agreed upon between the UK and EU by December 31, 2020.
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The National Organic Coalition and Organic Farmers Association are outraged over the reimbursement cuts — at a time when these funds are needed more than ever.
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The USDA has missed its federally-mandated date to finalize the Origin of Livestock rule, whose absence is devastating many organic dairy farmers.
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EU farmers are concerned that, as it stands, supply of organic food may well outstrip demand, which they say could “kill” the sector.
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The day after last week’s Organic Insider story on dicamba, the Center for Food Safety formally asked the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to find the EPA in contempt for refusing to abide by a federal court order for suspending use of the pesticide.
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Due to food shortages, the USDA is making it easier for low-income participants in the Women, Infant and Children Supplemental Nutrition Program to fill their grocery carts.
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The ninth circuit court of appeals is being asked to overturn the EPA’s approval of a Monsanto herbicide that is allegedly a threat to farm crops across the U.S.
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Since 2016, meat that comes in from other countries and labeled as “Made in the U.S.A.” has been allowed. That may soon change.
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USDA-regulated food products will be able to carry the “healthy” label claim if their fat profile contains predominantly mono and polyunsaturated fats or a serving has at least 10% of the government-set daily value of potassium or vitamin D.
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Ignoring science, the EPA repeatedly fails to assess glyphosate’s impacts on human health and endangered species.
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PFAS (the ‘forever chemical’) is showing up in water supplies nationwide, and many communities are left to fight against the toxins themselves.
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An analysis of recent warning letters underscores the notion that FDA is focused its enforcement efforts on CBD and is not targeting hemp extracts per se.
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The swamp remains very full — a former lobbyist for the herbicide industry helped Dow as it sought approval of its seeds in China.
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Farmers got more than $22 billion in government payments in 2019 — more than the final cost of bailing out the auto industry during the financial crisis of 2008 — and Congress had nothing to do with it.
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Under the new guidance issued by the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service, beef cannot be labeled “grass-fed” unless the cattle were fed grass or forage 100% of the time after being weaned.
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Some advocates are working to close a loophole that they say has created unintended consequences, including destruction of vulnerable ecosystems anathema to the label’s promise.
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In his inaugural speech at the EU’s Agricultural Outlook conference, Janusz Wojciechowski vowed to support organic farming while reducing excessive use of pesticides and chemical fertilizers.
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The highly anticipated selection of five new board members has just been made.
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The decision to ban this brain-damaging chemical is a major win for health and environmental groups.
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Sparked by proposed USDA regulations that would drastically alter the certification process for industrial hemp, two lawmakers from Oregon want the agency to make changes before it finalizes rules for domestic hemp production.
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