Food Politics

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

FDA Warning Letters : The FDA has sent warning letters to ByHeart, Mead Johnson Nutrition (Reckitt), & Perrigo Wisconsin for violating basic food safety standards in manufacture of infant formula. They are usually loaded with sugar and they don’t teach kids about diverse food flavors and textures. Here are four. My vote: avoid.

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NASDA

JANUARY 22, 2024

They include the 2024 Farm Bill , food safety , labor reform , pesticide regulation and PFAS. These issues were chosen for the organization’s 2024 focus as NASDA members see urgent need for action in these areas to support farmers and ranchers in their ability to grow our nation’s food, fiber and fuel. territories.

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NASDA

MARCH 25, 2025

Without rulemaking, we are concerned recent state actions requiring pesticide labels to carry language inconsistent with EPA safety findings will create a patchwork of false and misleading, and potentially mutually exclusive, state labels. To that end, we urge EPA to grant the state AG petition and initiate rulemaking under 7 U.S.C.

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Civil Eats

JULY 24, 2024

More and more pesticides approved for use on U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and other regulators have been trying to understand the scope and impacts of contamination from a wide range of sources , including firefighting foam, sewage sludge , and food packaging. The EPA took steps to address that contamination.

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Food Politics

JULY 9, 2024

The decision involves food politics in two ways: (1) the case, Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, involved fishing, and (2) it has profound implications for food regulations. (1) coli as adulterants, pesticides, herbicides, meat industry consolidation reduction, safe handling instructions, labeling requirements.

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NASDA

APRIL 14, 2025

State departments of agriculture are responsible for a wide range of programs, including food safety, combating the spread of disease, and fostering the economic vitality of our rural communities. As co-regulators, NASDAs members share EPAs goal of promulgating enforceable, risk- and science-based pesticide regulations. territories.

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Civil Eats

MARCH 27, 2024

But as Civil Eats’ reporting has shown over the past 15 years, the impacts of those pesticides are profound and span the entire food chain—from threatening important organisms in soil to causing illness due to acute exposure during use. However, as sales of organic food nearly doubled in the U.S., In the U.S.,

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Real Agriculture

JUNE 20, 2023

The federal government is lifting its nearly two-year pause on reviews of pesticide maximum residue limits (MRLs), while also introducing a ban on cosmetic pesticide use on federal land.

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NASDA

MARCH 18, 2024

Our nation’s farmers, applicators, consumers, and other users rely on quality pesticide registration decisions and guidance from federal regulators to allow for the meaningful use of pesticidal tools while ensuring both human health and our environment are protected. million for the operations of EPA-OPP. While FY2024 did provide $1.0

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Food Politics

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Products that may contain EDCs include furniture, toys and children’s products, food packaging, electronics, building materials, cosmetics, and many others. People can also be exposed to EDCs from pesticides, air pollutants, industrial waste, and other pathways. The report reviews the research on pesticides (e.g.,

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Droughts, heatwaves, wildfires, hurricanes, and flooding brought on by climate change all have a massive impact on the food system. Farmers are having to adjust what they grow and how they grow it, and people all along the food chainfrom the workers who harvest the crops to the consumers who eat themfeel the effects.

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Sustainable Food Trust

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

The saying you are what you eat is commonly recognised, but a greater truth lies just beneath the surface you are also what your food eats. You are what you eat, and what you are eating (generally speaking) is food that is grown or reared on soil that is severely lacking in nutrients.

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Food Tank

APRIL 7, 2025

After signing the reform into law, President Claudia Sheinbaum reiterated in a press conference that its primary objectives are to guarantee biodiversity, food sovereignty, and the health of Mexicans. Wise supports Mexicos push for greater food sovereignty. It is only the second country to do so. Without corn there is no country.

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Wisconsin Farmers Union

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

The Tribal Elder Food Box (TEFB) Program started in 2021 with the goal of increasing access to nutritious, culturally meaningful foods for Tribal members over 55 years old. Since then, the program has distributed over 94,500 Tribal Elder Food Boxes. There are approximately 17,000 Oneida Citizens enrolled in the Tribe.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

The world is increasingly recognizing the value of sustainable food systems, and organic agriculture plays a vital role in this movement. This translates to healthier food and a healthier environment and reduces reliance on synthetic fertilizers and pesticides. The post Guest Post: Is the Future of Organic Food at Risk?

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Food Tank

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Herber tells Food Tank there is a willingness among farmers to go organic, for the sake of the land, their families. Farmers face a mountain of challenges in transitioning to organic or regenerative practices, from figuring out certification to covering costs, Barkley tells Food Tank. According to the U.S.

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Real Agriculture

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Drones are flying everywhere these days but farmers can’t use them to spray pesticides on their crops. Read More Drones are flying everywhere these days but farmers can’t use them to spray pesticides on their crops. Why are drones still grounded for spray application? The answer is. The answer is. Read More

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Real Agriculture

JUNE 26, 2023

We will hear an interview with Kelvin Heppner of RealAgriculture and the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, Marie Claude Bibeau on the decisions made on MRLs and cosmetic pesticide use. Thanks for tuning in to this Agronomic Monday edition of RealAg Radio with host Shaun Haney! Read More

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NASDA

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Representing State Lead Agencies in 43 states, NASDA members are tasked with numerous elements of pesticide regulation that are immediately impacted by this decision, including the administration, implementation, and enforcement of the production, labeling, distribution, sale, use, and disposal of pesticides under FIFRA.

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Real Agriculture

JUNE 22, 2023

The federal government announced a series of changes to its policies around pesticide use on Tuesday, including the introduction of a ban on cosmetic uses of pesticides on federal land and the end of a nearly two-year pause on reviews of maximum residue limits (MRLs).

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Food Politics

JANUARY 30, 2025

Also from the New York Times: What We Know (and Dont Know) About Forever Chemicals in Food exposure can increase the risk of prostate, kidney and testicular cancers. Consumer Reports detects PFAS in some milk The politics: from Civil Eats: Why Are Pesticide Companies Fighting State Laws to AddressPFAS?

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Agric4profits

SEPTEMBER 28, 2024

Organic farming is a method of agriculture that focuses on growing food without using synthetic fertilizers, pesticides, or genetically modified organisms (GMOs

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Western FarmPress

MARCH 26, 2025

Regenerative practices such as crop rotation, cover crops, conservation tillage and integrated pest management have been implemented, at some level, on many row crop farms for years.

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Food Tank

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

I sold pesticides for 10 years, and now I don’t. She studied agriculture in college and worked for a pesticide company for about a decade. Articles like the one you just read are made possible through the generosity of Food Tank members. In fact, now I am a regenerative farmer.” Become a member today by clicking here.

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Farmers Weekly

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Farmers Weekly A new report calls for a rethink of “overly restrictive” regulation of plant protection products (PPPs) inherited from the EU amid a warning that higher crop yields critical to UK food security won’t be achieved without synthetic pesticides.

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Agwired

MARCH 11, 2025

Over 300 agricultural and food organizations have signed on to a letter calling for sound science and data to be used by the Make America Healthy Again Commission in upcoming evaluations for products essential to food and agriculture. Pesticides are called out by the signatories as being essential to protect crops and ensure U.S.

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CABI

JUNE 7, 2024

To mark World Food Safety Day on 7 June, with the theme of the year “Food safety: prepare for the unexpected“ we take a look at the ways in which the PlantwisePlus pesticide risk reduction pathway can contribute to safer food production. In many parts of the world, food safety is not guaranteed.

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NASDA

JANUARY 31, 2024

During her time in this position, Josie spearheaded NASDA’s Plant and Pesticides Policy Committee and Rural Development & Financial Security Policy Committee. food and beverage companies reach new global markets. Josie Montoney-Crawford also joined the public policy team in December 2022 as manager of public policy.

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NASDA

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Wade will be the staff lead for NASDA’s Plant Agriculture and Pesticide Regulations and Rural Development and Financial Security Committees. NASDA enhances American food and agricultural communities through policy, partnerships and public engagement. territories. To learn more about NASDA, please visit www.nasda.org.

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Civil Eats

AUGUST 27, 2024

Recycled content in food packaging is increasing as sustainability advocates press manufacturers to cut their use of virgin plastic. Geueke, who led a review of more than 700 studies on chemicals in plastic food contact items, said that research on recycled plastics is limited. Since 1990, the U.S. The Coca-Cola Co.

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Food Tank

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Last week, COP28, the United Nations Climate Change Conference, signaled its intent to bring food systems into future COP negotiations. Until now, fixing food systems had hardly been on the environmental agenda, with most attention going to the energy sector. COP28 has shown a new level of commitment to changing food systems.

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Civil Eats

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Last year, in the lead-up to COP27, the biggest global convening on climate change, many groups worked to call attention to the fact that governments and businesses were not doing nearly enough to address food and agriculture in their plans to tackle the crisis. Food Systems Summit in 2021. consumers of all kinds,” said Nabarro.

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Sustainable Harvest International

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Family farmers can develop flourishing businesses while supporting local food systems, food sovereignty, and sustainability. The surplus food can be sold at local markets, turning farms into reliable sources of income. The Segura family from Panama is a great example of the impact of family businesses on local food systems.

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Food Politics

MARCH 19, 2024

In this system food for people doesn’t stand a chance, and forget about mitigating climate change. The post European Big Ag in action appeared first on Food Politics by Marion Nestle. The editorial points out (my translation) that the EU spends about a third of its annual budget on subsidizing industrial agriculture.

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Western FarmPress

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

The EU has classified a small portion of pesticides as hazardous, banning them over health and environmental concerns.

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Food Tank

JULY 24, 2024

to effectively respond to challenges facing the country’s food and agriculture systems. The decision “significantly impacts the future of our national and local food systems by limiting the flexibility of federal agencies like the [U.S. As far as our food system is concerned, we’re at a crucial crossroads.”

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Farming First

OCTOBER 22, 2024

A symposium of 50 global experts has emphasised the need for a circular economy in managing empty pesticide containers in Vietnam and beyond. The post Pesticide Waste: Symposium Paves the Way for Circular Agriculture in Vietnam’s Food System appeared first on Farming First.

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