Gov. Walz seems to understand the connection between food and climate change, and he also established a universal free school breakfast and lunch for Minnesota kids, which allowed kitchen workers to prepare lunches from scratch, with locally grown produce.
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The Farm Bill framework from the Senate Agriculture Committee will allow the National Organic Program to keep pace with the growth in the organic sector in a variety of different ways.
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$83M is remaining in unspent funds in the Organic Dairy Marketing Assistance Program.
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Legislation to avert a government shutdown and extend the 2018 Farm Bill includes $8 million in funding for the Organic Certification Cost Share Program.
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Congress did not pass this critical omnibus bill by the September 30th deadline. Here’s what to expect.
Read Article The Opportunities in Organic Act of 2023 is designed to help farmers pursue organic agriculture by offering a suite of easy-to-access tools, expert technical assistance and flexible funding for underserved farmers and ranchers.
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Instead of leveling the playing field for small farmers, the bill would allow global corporations to pull money and resources out of rural communities and undermine the resilience of our food supply.
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A very troubling and disheartening development for those who believe that genetically-engineered food is not the way forward.
Read Article Shockingly, this was the first big and official White House meeting to discuss food and nutrition issues in more than 50 years.
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Center for Food Safety’s Bill Freese gives his take on what this all means.
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has denied requests by conservationists and members of Congress to phase out the use of agricultural pesticides on national wildlife refuges.
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In the just-passed $1.5 trillion spending package to fund federal government activities for the rest of fiscal year 2022, the National Organic Coalition scored important funding gains and increased enforcement efforts for soil health and pasture requirements.
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U.S. Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) has reintroduced legislation to protect children and farmworkers by banning dangerous pesticides like paraquat, neonicotinoids and organophosphates.
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It took Danone terminating the contracts of 89 organic dairy farmers to get the full attention of politicians.
Read Article The new administration is signaling it could shake up ‘agribusiness as usual.’
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The Organic Trade Association believes a “potential amicable resolution” is near in its ongoing lawsuit against the USDA for the withdrawal of the organic animal welfare standards.
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EPA’s past 2018 dicamba registration decision was tainted by political interference and ignored important science on the herbicide’s very serious risks, according to an internal EPA email. Is anyone surprised?
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While the Organic Trade Association is putting its faith in USDA Secretary nominee Tom Vilsack, the Center for Food Safety has outlined 7 reasons why he should not be confirmed.
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While most people associate organic food and farmers markets with progressive politics and cosmopolitan values, they’re also a draw for certain elements of neo-fascist culture.
Read Article A policy memo by a Biden-linked group offers clues about how the new administration may address climate change through re-imagined farming practices — even without Congressional approval.
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Regardless of who is finally declared the winner of the election, policy changes over the last four years will have long-term impacts on the food system — from the farm economy to food access.
Read Article The Democratic presidential candidate supports a zero-emissions goal for ag and wants to incentivize carbon markets, but his platform makes no mention of animal agriculture or organic farming.
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39 members of the House of Representatives sent a letter to the USDA’s Farm Service Agency to urge the restoration of funding for the Organic Certification Cost Share program.
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As vice president, experts say Harris would be able to advance her years-long focus on hunger, worker rights and protections, and environmental justice.
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