Administration calls for full WIC funding in 2024 – December 14, 2023

Administration calls for full WIC funding in 2024 Congress should provide an additional $1 billion for the Women, Infants, and Children nutrition program in January when it votes on funding for the USDA and several other federal departments, said Biden administration officials on Wednesday. COP28 encourages global shift to sustainable… Continue reading

Put more climate change into the farm bill, suggests think tank – December 12, 2023

Put more climate change into the farm bill, suggests think tank The next farm bill, “an unwieldy pile of programs,” could be the vehicle to improve the Farm Belt’s response to climate change while exercising restraint in commodity subsidies, said an American Enterprise Institute publication on Monday. In essays modeled… Continue reading

COP28, 134 nations agree that agriculture ‘must urgently transform’ – December 4, 2023

COP28, 134 nations agree that agriculture ‘must urgently transform’ More than two-thirds of the nations in the world, representing 5.7 billion people and 70 percent of global food production, signed a declaration at the UN climate summit assigning agriculture and food systems a role in combating global warming. It was… Continue reading