USDA awards $1.1 billion to seed urban forestry projects
Groups across the United States will receive a total of $1.1 billion to plant and maintain trees in cities and towns to combat extreme heat and mitigate climate change, announced the Biden administration on Thursday. “We’ve never had the opportunity to provide resources at this level,” said Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack.
White House pushes Congress for help in meeting WIC needs
The Biden administration is taking a two-step approach to supplying enough money for the Women, Infants, and Children food program to meet larger-than-expected enrollment, said the White House on Wednesday.
Upside Foods announces commercial-scale plant
Upside Foods, one of two companies approved to market cell-cultured meat in the United States, will locate its first commercial-scale plant in a suburb north of Chicago, said CEO Uma Valeti on Thursday.
Food inflation rate is lowest in two years
Although the U.S. inflation rate is up for the second month in a row, the annualized food inflation rate of 4.3 percent is the lowest since the 3.7 percent rate in August 2021, said the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Wednesday.
TODAY’S QUICK HITS
Missing calorie information: Restaurants that post their menus on DoorDash, Uber Eats, and Grubhub are not consistently following a law requiring them to disclose calorie counts, say researchers. (Center for Science in the Public Interest)
Club for Growth backs Braun: The powerful conservative group Club for Growth endorsed Sen. Mike Braun, a member of the Agriculture Committee, in the race for the Republican nomination for governor of Indiana. (Indianapolis Star)
Climate-smart milestone: Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack visited an organic farm in Waukesha, Wisconsin, to mark the one-year anniversary of the USDA’s selection of the first projects to receive funding through its climate-smart farming initiative. (USDA)
