Articles by Philip Brasher

The Senate easily approved an historic compromise on GMO disclosure standards, setting up final action in the House to shut down Vermont@s week-old labeling mandate. Industry groups are lobbying House leaders to allow a vote on the bill next week before lawmakers break for the nati

In an landmark step for agricultural biotechnology, the Senate advanced a compromise on GMO disclosure that will preempt state labeling mandates and allow digital disclosure of genetically engineered ingredients. The Senate voted 65-32 on Wednesday to limit debate on the legislation

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Legislation that will write into law President Obama°s Feed the Future initiative and a new food aid program is headed to the White House for his signature.

The Senate°s showdown over biotech labeling is finally here after months upon months of negotiations and debate. A cloture vote is scheduled this afternoon to move to a final vote on the compromise on mandatory GMO disclosure. The cloture motion requires a 60-vote majority.

The chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee assured Agriculture Chairman Mike Conaway Tuesday night that legislation authorizing a new food aid program can°t be used to force changes in the way Food for Peace operates. The new Emergency Food Security Program

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The Senate this week will decide the fate of a landmark compromise on biotech labeling, with food and agriculture looking to preserve the large bipartisan majority that supported a pivotal procedural move to bring up the legislation.

Today is the day that many in food and agriculture have been dreading - and that many consumer activists have been eagerly anticipating. Vermont s mandatory GMO labeling is now officially in effect. The law is likely to be short-lived, with the Senate now on track to pass

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