…– food policy issues of the 21st century. We strongly urge President Obama to sign this legislation into law. Once this process is complete, we can begin moving beyond specious…
CA Welcomes Farmers Market Proclamation
…the USDA’s commitment here in California, where certified farmers markets have been in place since Governor Brown signed legislation creating them during his first stint in office in 1977. California…
McCarthy: House Will Consider GMO Labeling Bill This Week
…system. Agricultural groups largely praise the vote and called on Congress to continue advancing legislation. The Senate and House now have to work on dealing with differences in legislation from…
Industry Groups Urging House to Consider GMO Labeling
If the U.S. House fails to consider the Senate approved GMO labeling bill this week, the fate of the legislation will be delayed until September. Congress is set to go…
NMPF Endorses Legislation
NMPF Endorses Legislation Protecting Dairy Farms from Litigation Under Super Fund Environmental Law The National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) expressed its support for new bipartisan legislation introduced in the House…
Vermont Governor Critical of Senate GMO Labeling Bill
As Congress inches closer and closer to passing a GMO labeling bill, Vermont’s Governor is criticizing the legislation because the bill is weaker than the Vermont law. Vermont’s mandatory GMO…
Conaway on Senate’s Biotechnology Labeling Bill
House Agriculture Committee Chairman K. Michael Conaway (R-TX) House Agriculture Committee Chairman K. Michael Conaway (R-TX) issued the following statement in response to the Senate’s recently passed legislation requiring products…
Senate Passes GMO Labeling Legislation
…a vote of 63-30. And many of these groups are now encouraging the House to also pass this legislation: From the Coalition for Safe Affordable Food: The Coalition for Safe…
NMPF on Biotech Labeling Amendment
…final vote on legislation that would create a federal, uniform labeling system for foods produced using biotechnology. The final vote is expected to take place by Friday afternoon. The legislation,…
2018 Farm Bill Discussions
…policy.” The farm bill is omnibus multi-year legislation for major food and farm programs, covering such issues as research, conservation, nutrition, commodities and rural development. The current farm bill will…
Farm/Food Groups Urging Passage of Biotech Food Labeling Legislation
NMPF Joins More Than 1,000 Food and Farm Groups in Letter to Senate Leaders Urging Passage of Roberts-Stabenow Biotech Food Labeling Legislation The National Milk Producers Federation joined a group…
NMPF Pres. on Roberts-Stabenow Agreement on Food Biotech Legislation
From Jim Mulhern, President and Chief Executive Officer, NMPF: Jim Mulhern, president and CEO of NMPF “We are very pleased that the months-long effort to develop a compromise national solution…
Agri View: GMO Law
…By Ted Ranosa, Tech Times Lawmakers are pushing for new legislation to be passed that would effectively prevent states from making mandatory for products with genetically modified organisms (GMOs) to…
NACD Responds to Approval of EPA Spending Bills
…contention for our members and we will continue to support fixing the rule with legislation.” For EPA’s 319 Nonpoint Source Grant program, the House committee proposed a funding level of…