By: Rajiv Sicora Jim Knopik has been farming longer than anyone in the room. When it’s his turn to address our impromptu gathering, he glances around the dinner table, briefly making eye contact with a few of the twenty so or folks here—many of whom he’s inspired or mentored over the years—then he launches right…
Former USDA Secretary Visack just went to work for the dairy Export Council. I wonder … USDA Failed to Submit Five Years of Federally Mandated Dairy Checkoff Reports September 14, 2017 OCM Staff FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 14, 2017 Media Contact: Angela Huffman, 614-390-7552 ahuffman USDA Failed to Submit Five Years of Federally Mandated Dairy…
Introducing the Open Markets Institute Dear Friends, Zephyr Teachout, Phil Longman, Lina Khan, Matt Stoller and the other members of our Open Markets team are thrilled to let you know that we are up and running as an independent nonprofit. As the Open Markets Institute, we are expanding our fight against the monopolists who threaten…
By Wyatt Bechtel | September 13, 2017 Wesley Batista, the chief executive officer and co-owner of JBS, has been detained by Brazil’s federal police on charges of insider trading. The arrest was made in conjunction with an investigation of suspected insider trading by both Wesley and his brother Joesley, prior to a plea deal they…
There is nothing “sustainable” about this corporate top-down control scam! – Mike Callicrate By Gren Winslow | September 12, 2017 Finally. After years of discussion and planning and surveying and researching, the Canadian version of Verified Sustainable Beef is about to face its ultimate test in the marketplace. It begins this October with the soft…
by Jesse Hirsch | September 12th , 2017 Not so fast, Maine. You might recall that, on July 5, the New England state passed historic legislation allowing municipalities to make their own regulatory decisions on locally produced food. Well, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) jumped in right quick—sending state officials a letter on…
By Tatiana Freitas and Felipe Marques | September 10, 2017 Joesley Batista, the Brazilian tycoon who turned JBS SA into a global meat powerhouse, has handed himself into police, the latest chapter of a scandal that has tipped Brazil back into political chaos and left his family’s business empire reeling. Batista, 45, went into police…
By Tim Carpenter | September 5, 2017 TONGANOXIE — Tyson Foods executives and government leaders divulged details Tuesday of a $320 million chicken processing plant to be constructed in Leavenworth County that could generate 1,600 jobs in northeast Kansas after starting production in mid-2019. The 300-acre project south of Tonganoxie near Interstate 70 would have…
8:46 AM PDT 9/9/2017 by Leslie Felperin Morgan Spurlock ruffles the feathers of the powerful chicken industry in this follow-up to his 2004 documentary hit ‘Super Size Me.’ Thirteen years on from his exposé Super Size Me — the film that significantly shifted public perceptions of junk food, and especially the McDonald’s chain — documentarian…
By Lela Nargi | 09.11.17 Organic farms were found to have 26 percent more long-term carbon storage potential than conventional farms. When it comes to mitigating the worst impacts of climate change, keeping excess carbon out of the atmosphere is the prime target for improving the health of our planet. One of the best ways…