Center for Food Safety’s Bill Freese gives his take on what this all means.
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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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With Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Mayor Pete Buttigieg having missed last month’s presidential forum in Iowa, the two candidates just sent in their positions on organic and regenerative agriculture.
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A bill that would reinstate a regulation banning certain pesticides, including neonicotinoids, from wildlife refuges was approved by the House Committee on Natural Resources on Nov. 20th.
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A new bipartisan bill requiring beef that’s not derived from cows to be labeled as “imitation” was proposed in Congress on Monday.
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The European Union spends $65 billion a year subsidizing agriculture. But a chunk of that money emboldens strongmen, enriches politicians and finances corrupt dealing.
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This decision is targeted at a California regulation which requires labels to warn consumers that the Roundup ingredient is potentially cancer-causing.
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The Climate Stewardship Act, which Booker plans to propose in September, aims to ‘dramatically scale up’ voluntary conservation incentives for farmers and ranchers.
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How the Democratic candidate’s agricultural strategy will guarantee farmers a fair price, reduce overproduction, and pay farmers for environmental conservation.
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In an investigation by Politico, it was found that the Trump administration has stopped promoting government-funded research into how higher temperatures can damage crops and pose health risks.
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The U.S. House of Representatives passed new spending legislation with significant wins for organic, including those related to organic dairy and import fraud.
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