…Consumers (CPI-U) was unchanged in July on a seasonally adjusted basis, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Over the last 12 months, the all items index rose 0.8…
Greenhouse Gas and Fuel Efficiency Standards for Heavy-Duty Trucks
…benefits outweigh costs by about an 8-to-1 ratio. The final standards are cost effective for consumers and businesses, delivering favorable payback periods for truck owners. The buyer of a new…
Restaurant Chain Apologizes to Beef Producers
…announcement earlier this year was immediately met with intense criticism from both consumers and beef producers. If the restaurant chain had moved forward with the decision, the company would have…
Connecting With Farmers
…the growing consumer interest in obtaining fresh products directly from the farm. Farmers markets allow consumers to have access to locally grown, farm fresh produce, enables farmers the opportunity to…
Cargill Stops Antibiotic Use in Turkey Flocks
…companies are responding to concerns about antibiotic use and resistance by consumers and investors. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting news service. Read the full article in Global Meat…
Land Grant Universities Compiling Animal Feed Database
…the safety and nutritional value of consumers’ food. So far, the program has collected and sorted 1.5 million feed ingredient records to create a database used by organizations in more…
FDA Memo Urges ‘Reset’ on Nutrition Goals
…consumers the information they need to make healthy choices. An FDA memo obtained by Politico shows leaders argue that reorienting the agency’s nutrition work could save billions in health care…
Pecan Marketing Order Increases Interest
…nut in front of consumers. Pecan Marketing Order Increases Interest There’s a lot going on in California’s pecan industry. The recent California pecan conference had good turnout from growers, which…
Dollars Spent at Farmers Market
…Boorinakis-Harper, Cindy Fake & Scott Oneto Executive Summary Consumers often cite supporting the local economy as a reason why they purchase locally produced foods. To find out whether there is…
Study Says Consumers Support GMO labeling
A new study finds 81 percent of consumers say they support GMO labeling requirements passed by Congress last month and signed into law by President Barack Obama. The study was…
Safety Net Assistance for Milk Producers
…has worked to strengthen and support American agriculture, an industry that supports one in 11 American jobs, provides American consumers with more than 80 percent of the food we consume,…
Vermont Stops GMO Label Enforcement
…process at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, according to Politico. Sorrel is opposed to provisions in the federal law that allows for the use of smart labels directing consumers to…
A GMO “Buycott”
…consumers. The GMO labeling bill signed by the President gives the USDA two years to come up with rules to implement the bill. Gary Hirshberg is the chair of Just…
GMO Bill Puts Labeling Efforts in Holding Pattern
…GMO’s are safe for consumption, pro-labeling groups argue that safe or not, consumers have a right now what’s in their food. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting news service….