Beltway insiders are hearing more calls to pass the FDA food safety reform bill pending in the Senate. This week, The Hill, a Capitol Hill newspaper, featured several Op-Eds which
The debate over whether the pending Senate food safety legislation would have a disparate impact on small and mid-sized farmers has been reignited as it’s rumored the upper chamber
U.S. Representative John Dingell (D-MI), the longest serving member of the House and a longtime advocate for stronger food safety laws, recently told Washington, DC’s The Hill that
A key coalition in the sustainable agriculture community has announced a more specific, multifaceted approach for influencing the pending Senate food safety reform bill.
Yesterday, the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition
From peanuts and pistachios to spinach and tomatoes–product recalls in the last few years have had a huge impact on many user companies marketing both conventional and organic products,
The National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) issued an action alert on Friday urging its members to support an amendment to the pending food safety bill, which would provide training and
Victims of the Salmonella outbreak caused by the Peanut Corporation of America marked the anniversary of the tragedy by calling on the United States Senate to pass meaningful food safety
With the U.S. Congress back in session, there is hope that work on food safety legislation will soon pick up steam. One of the issues that will be part
Part three of a three part discussion with Harry Hamil, founder of North Carolina’s Black Mountain Farmers Market, on how he would change the Senate food safety bill to
Part two of a three part discussion with Harry Hamil, founder of North Carolina’s Black Mountain Farmers Market, on how he would change the Senate food safety bill to
Part one of a three part discussion with Harry Hamil, founder of North Carolina’s Black Mountain Farmers Market, on how he would change the Senate food safety bill to