Farm Action, United We Eat and Moms Across America sent a letter to USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins urging her agency to protect farmer livelihoods, rebuild local food systems, and reduce chronic disease through real food.
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Farm Action, United We Eat and Moms Across America sent a letter to USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins urging her agency to protect farmer livelihoods, rebuild local food systems, and reduce chronic disease through real food.
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The current system effectively requires organic dairy producers to subsidize their conventional counterparts, said Adam Warthesen, vice president of government and industry affairs at Organic Valley. He also believes that costs for organic dairy farmers will go up because of the new pricing structure.
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Members of Congress faced fiery town halls with concerned farmers and laid-off USDA employees during last week’s recess.
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Politico’s investigation, based on more than 50 interviews, finds that the FDA is failing to meet American consumers’ expectations on food safety and nutrition.
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Farmers are a crucial part of Biden’s plan to address climate change, but the economics behind paying them to capture greenhouse gases are complex.
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This is the latest instance of Trump political appointees overriding the agency’s scientists.
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Millions of laborers face coronavirus risk in the fields, and packinghouses lack workplace protections.
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Stopping the coronavirus through genetic engineering and tobacco. You just can’t make this stuff up.
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As the Grocery Manufacturers Association rebrands itself to the Consumer Brands Association, this once powerful food trade association — and its members — will never be the same.
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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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Politico has reported that one USDA database shows 121 million acres of organic farmland across the country, but the same database lists global organic acreage of 13.5 million acres. For the agency charged with cracking down on fraudulent organic imports, this sends a very worrying message.
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Politico takes a look at how the Grocery Manufacturers Association, the main lobbying group of Big Food, has lost its way.
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Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke is facing pressure to overturn Obama-era bans on GMOs and neonicotinoid pesticides in National Wildlife Refuges.
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The USDA has not approved its certified transitional program because of concerns over a lawsuit from The Western Organic Dairy Producers Alliance (WODPA), who thinks the department overstepped its authority.
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Politico does a fascinating piece on how some EU countries decertify organic products while other EU countries don’t.
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