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.
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Although a final version of the bill has yet be made public, major conservation programs and the legalization of industrial hemp are reportedly both included in the tentative deal.
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A very good recap of how the changes in Congress, in terms of both members and party power, are likely to impact sustainable agriculture priorities in the coming years.
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When the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) classified glyphosate as a probable human carcinogen in 2015, U.S. politicians threatened to cut off funding for the agency. However, their recent attempts of doing so just failed.
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Uneasy about a handful of companies who control the American agricultural landscape, Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) has introduced a bill to halt further consolidation in the food industry.
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With the impending Farm Bill looming, Rep. Rodney Davis (R-IL) and other advocates are pushing hard for the support and protection of organic programs.
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Nutiva founder/CEO and hemp pioneer John Roulac discusses the pending legislation in Congress which would legalize industrial hemp farming and what it would mean for the industry.
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As Congress prepares for the Farm Bill, Senator Pat Roberts (R-KS) told a subcommittee that “uncertainty and dysfunction have overtaken the National Organic Standards Board and the regulations associated with the National Organic Program.”
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The Cornucopia Institute just released its Congressional GMO Voters Guide, a report that shows which politicians in Washington D.C. protected our right to know and which didn’t.
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