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- DOEs Wind Program will partner with the Distributed Wind Energy Association (DWEA) to support the long-term viability of the Wind for Schools program. DOE says that the partnership is part of a broader effort to not only support the growth of the program, but to als

Science and technology are on a roll. High impact discoveries seem to be advancing at an increasing rate, at times outstripping our knowledge and sending scientists scurrying to investigate the potential impact of these new developments on how we live, the foods we grow and eat, an

Energy-Water Spending Bill, Chairman Pete Sessions, USDA, FDA, House Appropriations Committee, Chairman Mike Conaway, SNAP, Hillary Clinton, Patty Judge, Chuck Grassley, Steve King, Narendra Modi, Marconi Gibson, Michelle Obama

USDA€s efforts to approve China to export processed chicken to the U.S. sets a strong example of how trade should be based on science and international rules, Alexis Taylor, the department€s deputy under secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Service, said Wednes

The clock is fast running out on the Senate to stop Vermont€s GMO labeling law from taking effect July 1. The chairman and ranking Democrat on the Senate Agriculture Committee both tell Agri-Pulse they want to get an agreement, but some of the same issues that were in play last mo

WASHINGTON, June 8, 2016 € Gene drives € which use genetic information to eliminate undesirable traits in an organisms € hold great promise for solving public health, ecological or agricultural problems. But that doesn€t mean society should rush to release them

Three veterans of agriculture and food policy whom a President Hillary Clinton might want to tap for advice see no justification for mandatory GMO labeling, and they see no need for reorganizing the federal regulatory agencies.

President Obama last year proposed to create a single food-safety agency that would combine inspection programs at USDA and FDA, an idea that had long been pushed by several senior Democratic lawmakers, including Senate Minority Whip Richard Durbin of Illinois and House appropriator Ro

EPA officials will have the chance to hear directly from stakeholders at a one-day hearing in Kansas City, Missouri, Thursday on the future of the Renewable Fuel Standard.

- House Republican leaders are making it clear that they want to push ahead with reforms to food stamps and school meal programs in the next Congress. Speaker Paul Ryan was joined by House Agriculture Chairman Mike Conaway and other lawmakers on Tuesday in announcing a plan that they said