by Elizabeth | Jun 26, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update, Climate Change, Conservation Programs, Farm Bill, Natural Resources Conservation Service, United States Department of Agriculture
Posted June 26, 2014 A year after the President’s Climate Action Plan, the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) announced the availability of “Climate Change and Agriculture Recommendations for Farm Bill Conservation Program Implementation”...
by Elizabeth | Jun 24, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update
Posted June 24, 2014 The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) restricted nine produce businesses for failure to pay reparation awards under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA), according to an article on The Packer by Daniel Vanderhorst...
by Elizabeth | Jun 24, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update, Biosecurity, Farm Bill, Food Safety, Nutrition Programs, Renewable Energy
Posted June 24, 2014 Board of directors to be named for the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research, which was created by Congress in last year’s farm bill, according to a Roll Call article by Ellyn Ferguson available here. The program is intended to bring...
by Elizabeth | Jun 24, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update, Biotechnology, Food Labeling
Posted June 24, 2014 Vermont is preparing to defend the nation’s first law requiring food manufacturers to label products containing genetically engineered ingredients, according to a Brattleboro Reformer article by John Herrick available here. A recent blog...
by Elizabeth | Jun 24, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update
Posted June 24, 2014 Congressman James Lankford (R-OK) introduced the “Phantom Fuels Elimination Act” that would repeal the corn ethanol mandate under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), according to a National Hog Farmer article by Scott Shearer available here....
