Academy of Medicine underlines advice for Americans to consume less salt The warnings are nearly ubiquitous: Americans consume too much salt. The National Academy of Medicine reinforced the advice on Tuesday with a recommendation to consume less than 2,300 mg a day to reduce the risk of high blood pressure… Continue reading
Ag ‘risks losing much of the trade gains achieved over the past three decades’ The U.S. food and agriculture sector would lose nearly $22 billion in exports, equal to 15 percent of this year’s sales forecast, if the United States scrapped NAFTA without a replacement on top of withdrawing from… Continue reading
Trump asks China to remove tariffs on U.S. ag exports With the trade war stunting U.S. farm exports after two years of growth, President Trump said he has asked China to remove its retaliatory tariffs on U.S. food and ag exports. Trump announced the request on the same day four… Continue reading
ACTION ALERT Shameless Pandering Chlorpyrifos, manufactured by DowDuPont, is an neurotoxic organophosphate pesticide that’s been linked to severe birth defects, brain damage and mental disorders in children, even at very low levels. Yet despite these known risks, and despite new evidence suggesting that Dow knew for decades how toxic chlorpyrifos… Continue reading
WTO rules China gave its growers unfair wheat and rice subsidies The Trump administration, with the weight of a WTO ruling behind it, called on China on Thursday to eliminate trade-distorting wheat and rice subsidies that cost U.S. farmers hundreds of millions of dollars a year in export sales. The… Continue reading
SNAP proposal means more hunger, not jobs, Democrats tell Perdue The Trump administration will shift able-bodied Americans into better-paying jobs through stricter enforcement of a 90-day limit on food stamps, Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue told skeptical House lawmakers on Wednesday. Democrats threatened litigation to stop the proposal, which could end… Continue reading
Organic food is booming. So why are organic grains lagging behind? The organic sector has boomed in recent years. But the amount of farmland devoted to organic grain, which is needed for feeding livestock, is expanding more slowly, says a trade group report. New bill proposes hefty increase for SNAP… Continue reading
Trump will try again to cut USDA, says Perdue The Agriculture Department faces large spending cuts, said Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue on Monday, while a White House official said President Trump will ask for one “one of the largest spending reductions in history” in the upcoming fiscal 2020 budget. How… Continue reading
Memphis Meats will start small when it gets regulatory green light Chief executive Uma Valeti says Memphis Meats, the self-declared leader in a worldwide race to develop cell-based meat, “will be ready to go to market tomorrow,” albeit on a small scale, once the U.S. regulatory framework is in place…. Continue reading
(HempNews) Four of 29 CBD products were found to be troublesome in recent test results, according to Remedy Review, which contracts with independent laboratories “to validate products and protect consumers.” The results indicate the need for independent monitoring and testing of CBD products, Remedy Review cautioned in a press release…. Continue reading
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