A Wreck Waiting to Happen Thursday, June 11, 2015/Categories: General News, Today’s Top 5, Opinions Billings, Mont. – Groundbreaking for the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF), a $1.25 billion project by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), took place in Manhattan, Kansas. The new facility will focus biosafety level 3 agriculture (BSL-3Ag) research…
Organic Farmers Object to Whole Foods Rating System By STEPHANIE STROM JUNE 12, 2015 Tom Willey, an organic farmer in Madera, Calif. He says Whole Foods is subtly shifting the costs of its marketing program onto growers. Credit Jim Wilson/The New York Times Like a whale and the myriad barnacles clinging to its sides, Whole…
STAY COOL By Joel D. Joseph, Chairman, Made in the USA Foundation Open Letter to the Members of the United States Senate Recently, The House of Representatives panicked and caved in to demands from Canada, Mexico and the World Trade Organization (WTO) gutting the Country of Origin Labeling Act (COOL). These are the same Congress…
Obama walks with Democratic minority leader Nancy Pelosi, who voted against giving the President ‘Fast Track’ authority on TPP. (photo: Monica Almeida/The New York Times) House Rejects TPP Fast-Track for Obama By Lisa Mascaro and Don Lee, Los Angeles Times 12 June 15 resident Obama’s trade agenda unraveled Friday in a stunning setback delivered by…
Activists urge Bennet to back antibiotics legislation 6/11/2015 By Rachel Alexander The Colorado Statesman Imagine taking a family member to an urgent care clinic for a simple sore throat only to watch them die a few days later. That was the story told by one of the people who joined Food & Water Watch in…
June 12, 2015 Fast Track stalls in the House Public opposition overpowers Obama, Corporate Money Contact:Karen Hansen-Kuhn, IATP, (202) 543-8602, khansenkuhn Dale Wiehoff, IATP, (612) 870-3401, dwiehoff Washington D.C.– Following months of intense public opposition to Fast Track, the House of Representatives today defied the Obama administration’s trade promotion package. The debate over Fast Track…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 12, 2015 Contact: Sara Haimowitz, sara Coalition for a Prosperous America New Release: House Vote Underscores Broad Opposition to Bad Trade Policy WASHINGTON (June 12, 2015) – The following statement was released today by Coalition for a Prosperous America CEO Michael Stumo in response to the announcement that the vote for…
House Votes to Remove Country-of-Origin Labels on Meat Sold in U.S. Washington seeks to prevent a long battle over the labels with Canada and Mexico Country-of-origin labels were mandated by Congress in the 2002 and 2008 farm bills. They require meatpackers to identify where animals are born, raised and slaughtered. Photo: Reuters By Tennille Tracy…
Walmart’s new positions on agricultural practices will filter down to the farm level “Our customers want to know more about how their food is grown and raised, and where it comes from,” said Kathleen McLaughlin, president of the Walmart Foundation and senior vice president of Walmart sustainability, on May 22, 2015 as the retailer announced…