…conclude there is widespread distrust as a whole when it comes to food production, despite the U.S. having the safest food supply in the world. GMO Answers conducted the survey…
NCF Accepting Applications for CME Beef Industry Scholarships
…the future of food production in America. Students studying education, communication, production, research or other areas related to the beef industry should consider applying for the scholarship. Applicants for the…
FDA Proposes New Food Recall Guidelines
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a draft of new food recall guidelines that will revise when retail information is released in the event of a food…
Scientists and Economists Unite Against USDA Move
…USDA plan to move the Economic Research Service under the Office of the Chief Economist and to relocate most of the positions in ERS and the National Institute of Food…
Agriculture Awaits New Farm Bill as 2014 Bill Expires
…having a five-year farm bill. Food Business Network reports that with the expiration of the 2014 farm bill, 39 “orphan” programs lost both authorization and funding. These programs include certain…
AFBF Seeking Farm Dog of the Year
…the Year contest. A partnership between AFBF and Nestle Purina PetCare, the contest “celebrates farm dogs who work alongside their people to bring nutritious food to our tables and our…
Farm Groups Keep Pressure On to Formalize Meat Definition
The National Farmers Union has sent a second letter to the Food and Drug Administration regarding the labeling of cell-cultured meat. The letter calls for officials to finally formalize the…
Walmart to Require Blockchain to Limit Impact of Food-Borne Illness Outbreaks
…Vice President of Food for Walmart U.S. Charles Redfield said in a statement. “We have to go further than offering great food at an everyday low price. Our customers need…
California Sets the Bar for Specialty Crop Block Grant Program
…awards were also given to assist in the preparation of the requirements of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Food Safety Modernization Act. Grant recipients included non-profit and for-profit organizations,…
AFBF: Environmental Litigation Reform Needed
Restoring balance to environmental litigation is vital to America’s farmers and ranchers. America’s farmers and ranchers embrace an ethic of resource conservation while producing food and fiber. But they are…
Celebrating National Chocolate Milk Day
Cathy Isom begins her series of celebrating food by filling you in on why you’ll want to get your hands on a sweet, frosty, chocolatey treat today. That’s coming up…
NMPF Mulhern on FDA Request for Comments on Dairy Food Labeling
“We welcome the public comment request announced by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that we hope will finally curtail the misleading labeling practices of plant-based foods imitating real…
FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D., on Modernizing Standards of Identity and the use of Dairy Names for Plant-Based Substitutes
…address issues related to modernizing the outdated framework for food standards to allow industry flexibility for innovation, for example to produce more healthful foods, while maintaining the basic nature, essential…
Recognizing the Size and Scope of the Forage Industry
…see a pasture or a hay truck driving going by on the highway, they don’t realize that actually, that’s part of a fairly sizable food production system in the United…