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Senate to Vote on GMO Food Labeling Bill
WASHINGTON — The Senate will grapple this week with perhaps the most contentious issue in the food industry: whether the government should require mandatory labeling on foods containing genetically...
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Stabenow sides with organic companies after fundraiser
Four organic-food industry executives held a fundraiser on Friday for Michigan Sen. Debbie Stabenow — the Senate’s leading Democrat on agriculture issues — just days before the chamber was set to take...
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Congress just ripped Flint officials. It wasn’t pretty.
| Tue Mar. 15, 2016 6:43 PM EDT On Thursday, Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder is scheduled to testify in a much-anticipated hearing before a congressional committee investigating the contamination crisis in...
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Budget 2016: George Osborne warns of impact of leaving EU
Chancellor George Osborne has revised down the UK's growth forecast - and warned leaving the EU will put the economy at greater risk. Unveiling his eighth Budget, he said the country was "well placed"...
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How Carbon Farming Could Reverse Climate Change
As the climate crisis heats up, agriculture is in the hot seat, not only as a contributor to climate change, but also as a potential solution. Eric Toensmeier has spent the last several years tracking...
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Osborne To Levy Sugar Tax On Soft Drinks
George Osborne has announced a sugar tax on soft drinks which will raise £520m for primary school sports. At the same time the Chancellor said fuel duty would be frozen for the sixth year running along...
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New $25 Million Venture Capital Firm & Nonprofit Organization Seek To...
The Good Food Institute & New Crop Capital Address the Problems of Animal Agriculture By Supporting Groundbreaking Plant and Culture-Based Meat, Eggs, and Dairy Washington, D.C. – Earlier this...
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The argument that only liberals would tax soda is about to be tested
This story has been updated. The 2016 fight over soda taxes is in full swing, with proposals already emerging in the California state legislature and in Philadelphia. There’s a lot of symbolic ground...
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Troubled waters: California salmon season facing big restrictions
California’s commercial fish industry, already struggling with the devastating loss of the crab season, is likely to see its run of bad luck continue as new and far-reaching restrictions take aim at...
View ArticleSanders Statement on GMO Labeling Legislation
WASHINGTON, March 16 – Sen. Bernie Sanders issued the following statement after the Senate blocked legislation by Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) that would block Vermont and other states from requiring...
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Bill Blocking GMO Labels Stalls In Senate, But Battle Is Far From Over
It's been called "perhaps the most contentious issue in the food industry": Should food products be labeled to indicate they contain genetically modified ingredients? Leading Republicans in the Senate...
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Giant Eagle Now the Largest U.S. Supermarket Selling Ugly Fruits and Vegetables
Funny, Imperfect, Inglorious, Misfit, Ugly, Unloved. These are just a few of the affectionate names businesses are using for less-than-perfect fruits and vegetables they hope to rescue from the...
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Corned Beef, Guinness And ... Blaa? The Irish Bread You Never Knew About
Want to mark this St. Patrick's Day with something beyond the usual corned beef and cabbage (which aren't so traditionally Irish anyway)? Why not mix up your menu with a tasty tray of blaas? Not blaa...
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Sugar tax surprise in Budget
Chancellor George Osborne has unveiled a tax on the makers of sugary soft drinks to tackle childhood obesity. He revised down the UK's growth forecast in his eighth Budget and sparked controversy by...
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Senate Dems block GMO labeling bill
prev next Floor Actionicon Floor Action feed By Jordain Carney Senate Democrats on Wednesday blocked legislation that would create a voluntary national standard for labeling rules for foods with...
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A bill to block GMO labeling fails key Senate vote
A bill that would have stopped states from mandating labels for genetically engineered food failed a key vote on Wednesday morning. The measure would have quashed local laws, including one about to...
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Senate Blocks Controversial GMO Labeling Bill
The internet exploded in rounds of applause today as word came down that the Senate blocked a controversial genetically modified organism labeling bill. Introduced last month by Republican Kansas...
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Public Confidence 'Necessary Ingredient' in GMO Labeling Debate
In Sen. Pat Roberts' failed bid to convince the U.S. Senate to advance a bill banning mandatory labeling of genetically modified foods on Wednesday, the Kansas Republican ran down a long list of...
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Out Here, No One Can Hear You Scream
On an early Friday morning in late June 2006, Cheyenne Szydlo, a 33-year-old Arizona wildlife biologist with fiery red hair, drove to the Grand Canyon’s South Rim to meet the river guide who would be...
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Baltimore's Virtual Supermarkets Bring Fruits And Veggies To Food Deserts
"As a physician, it is difficult for me to say to a patient ‘You have to eat better’ when people don't have healthy food options nearby." So says Baltimore’s health commissioner Leana Wen, explaining...
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