FDA will have ‘a more meaningful agenda’ on food additives While California took the spotlight with a new law banning four food additives, FDA deputy commissioner Jim Jones said on Monday that the agency will adopt “a more meaningful agenda” on food chemicals as it reorganizes its food safety wing…. Continue reading
Deal is close to extend the current farm bill one year The “four corners” of farm bill negotiations — the Democratic and Republican leaders of the Senate and House Agriculture committees — said on Sunday that they are “committed to working together to get it done next year.” The farm… Continue reading
(AG Insider) Honoring service members has been a hot-button issue in our country as of late. No matter what your political stance is on the topic, we can surely all agree that those who served this great country deserve to be recognized, and Veterans Day, on Friday, November 10, is… Continue reading
Get er’ done, “Pass the Farm Bill” Three farm, food, and hunger group leaders called on Congress on Wednesday to enact a new farm bill by early 2024, although there were few signs the legislation would be ready to go. “We’re focused on getting it done, and if it means… Continue reading
U.S. economy and inflation to slow in 2024 Interest rates and inflation will slow in 2024, along with the U.S. economy overall, projected the Agriculture Department on Tuesday in an outline of farm sector conditions in the new year. Farm-gate prices for the three major field crops—corn, soybeans, and wheat—would… Continue reading
Hidden costs of agrifood system tops $10 trillion Food production and consumption — from farm to table to leftovers put in the trash can — carry “huge hidden costs” of at least $10 trillion a year, mostly from the consequences of unhealthy diets, said the UN Food and Agriculture Organization… Continue reading
Current Farm Bill extension needed Pointing to “extremism and cynicism” among House Republicans, the Democratic leader on the House Agriculture Committee called for a one-year extension of current law to allow time to write a bipartisan farm bill. Meanwhile, House Agriculture chairman Glenn Thompson told a home-state newspaper to expect… Continue reading
Carbon capture is key element in U.S. net-zero goal Now an infant industry, carbon capture will play a significant role in achieving President Biden’s goal of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, said administration officials on Thursday. Senators from coal and gas states said the administration, after including incentives in… Continue reading
In Minnesota, Biden says rural revival is his plan President Biden said he is responding to decades of decline in farm numbers and “hollowed out” rural communities with projects to diversify farm income and to encourage local food production and marketing. “It’s about making things in rural America again,” said… Continue reading
Biden to announce $5 billion in funding for land stewardship and rural development President Biden will open his administration’s “investing in rural America” blitz on a Minnesota farm on Wednesday with the announcement of $5 billion in funding for soil and water conservation, rural infrastructure, and economic development. Agriculture Secretary… Continue reading
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