Farm and Food File for the week beginning Sunday, Oct. 4, 2020 Perilous Bounty is a journey well worth taking By Alan Guebert Some books are worth more in your hand and on your shelf than they are as electrons in your e-reader. These books, and their authors, are valued friends and you return to…

RELEASE: The Strengthening Local Processing Act Addresses Critical Livestock and Poultry Supply Chain Issues September 29, 2020 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Kelly Nuckolls, Policy Specialist National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition knuckolls RELEASE: The Strengthening Local Processing Act Addresses Critical Livestock and Poultry Supply Chain Issues The National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) Applauds Representatives Chellie Pingree (D-ME)…

Beijing asks frozen food importers to shun countries with severe coronavirus By Reuters Staff September 27, 2020 A man takes frozen food from a freezer in a supermarket following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Beijing, China, August 13, 2020. REUTERS/Thomas Peter BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s capital called on importers on Monday to…

Cattle Price Conspiracy Suit Dismissed Judge Dismisses Antitrust Lawsuit Alleging Conspiracy to Affect Cattle Prices 9/29/2020 | 12:06 PM CDT By DTN Staff Reporter A federal judge found plaintiffs in a cattle price conspiracy case didn’t provide sufficient details to prove the case. (DTN file photo) OMAHA (DTN) — A federal judge in Minnesota on…

Dear Friends I am writing to encourage you to check out my new book Liberty from All Masters, which St. Martin’s Press is publishing first thing tomorrow.  In Liberty, I offer a truly hopeful vision of the future. Yes, I do issue a stark new warning, as I did in my previous books Cornered and End of the Line. But at…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | September 28, 2020 Danielle Endvick, WFU Communications, dendvick@wisconsinfarmersunion.com Melanie Bartholf, UFCW Communications, mbartholf@ufcw1473.org Farmer-Labor alliance calls for food system that works for Main Street, Not Wall Street Today, the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 1473 and Wisconsin Farmers Union (WFU) jointly called on federal, state, and local governments to…

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Iowa fines beef plant [Marfrig/National Beef] $957 after huge coronavirus outbreak By RYAN J. FOLEY Associated Press September 24, 2020 — 2:31pm Matthew Putney – The Courier via AP file The Iowa Premium Beef plant in Tama, Iowa. IOWA CITY, Iowa — Iowa regulators have issued their first citation to a meatpacking plant with a…

FTC’s move could help make ‘Made in the USA’ label meaningful again By Dan Flynn on September 16, 2020 A 60-day comment period for the Federal Trade Commission’s “Made in the USA” label ended Monday with 838 submissions that favor a crack-down on unqualified U.S-origins claims on product labels. And the No. 1 maker of…

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