by Ricardo Brito | May 15, 2018 BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazilian federal prosecutors presented charges against Joesley Batista, a major shareholder in meatpacker JBS SA (JBSS3.SA), another senior executive and a former federal prosecutor accusing them of corruption, money laundering and obstruction of Justice, a source familiar with the matter said on Tuesday. The charges…
by Joshua Sabatini | May 12, 2018 City departments tasked for the first time with tracking antibiotics used in the production of the meat and poultry they purchased struggled to get accurate information from suppliers, according to a report. San Francisco passed a law late last year requiring city departments to start disclosing data on…
1940: Farmers’ Share Does Not Increase As Price Margins Widen Despite the efficiency of large-scale production, the farmer has continued to get a smaller and smaller share of the consumer’s dollar as monopoly control has increased over the past 25 years. An analysis of figures put out by the Bureau of Agricultural Economics shows that…
Big Business Rules American Agriculture-and Congress Doesn’t Seem to Care By Andrew Schwartz and Ethan Gurwitz Posted on May 16, 2018, 12:01 am https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/economy/news/2018/05/16/450990/big-business-rules-american-agriculture-congress-doesnt-seem-care/ With the Trump administration’s litany of scandals and harmful policy decisions dominating the daily news cycle, recent congressional efforts to reauthorize the Farm Bill have flown under the radar. When the…
Transitioning to more sustainable forms of agriculture remains critical, as many current agriculture practices have serious consequences including deforestation and soil degradation. But despite agriculture’s enormous potential to hurt the environment, it also has enormous potential to heal it. Realizing this, many organizations are promoting regenerative agriculture as a way to not just grow food…
By Lisa Held | 05.17.18 Skilled and affordable food law attorneys are necessary to build sustainable regional food economies. Corbin Hill Food Project founder Dennis Derryck believes that food justice depends on land justice, which is why he’s taking 95 acres of upstate New York farmland his organization owns and “turning it over to the…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | May 16, 2018 New measure will ensure transparency in food systems and generate millions in revenue for local farmers, food-based businesses, and communities CHICAGO, ILLINOIS – Today, the Chicago Food Policy Action Council (CFPAC) applauded the Cook County Board of Commissioners for adopting public policy that will transform the way county…
by Andrew Schwartz and Ethan Gurwitz | May 16, 2018 With the Trump administration’s litany of scandals and harmful policy decisions dominating the daily news cycle, recent congressional efforts to reauthorize the Farm Bill have flown under the radar. When the House Committee on Agriculture passed its version of the bill on a party-line vote…
by Angela Huffman | May 14, 2018 The Department of Justice (DOJ) is expected to approve the merger between Bayer and Monsanto. If that happens, the world’s newest and largest seed and chemical company will have more in common with Facebook and Cambridge Analytica than meets the eye. In recent years, large agrochemical companies, including…
http://wuky.org/post/down-farm-anti-poverty-animal-advocates-fear-effects-farm-bill#stream/0 Down On The Farm: Anti-Poverty, Animal Advocates Fear Effects Of Farm Bill By Josh James • 16 hours ago · Kentucky leaders are touting a landmark attachment to the 2018 Farm Bill opening up the state and the nation to full-scale industrial hemp production, but other provisions in the massive omnibus legislative package have…