USDA’s Farm Service Agency makes loans to family farms that are categorically exempt (“CatEx”) from the National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”), which permits agencies to make such exemptions.
Since 2016, the FSA has extended that exemption for loan actions to medium-sized “concentrated animal feeding operations” (“CAFOs”).
But in a “down
Continue Reading Federal Judge blocks break for medium-sized factory farms
It was not exactly a do-over, but a federal court did order the Food and Drug Administration to do additional analysis and reconsider its “no effect” determination from 2015 for the AquaBounty salmon.
The FDA has completed that work this week with the announcement of the availability of a draft
Continue Reading FDA releases draft amended environmental assessment for AquAdvantage salmon and sets virtual public meeting