Articles by Sarah Gonzalez

The agriculture industry is anxiously awaiting the release of the White House National Pollinator Strategy, particularly how it will address the use of pesticides.

A leader in farm worker labor issues lobbied Congress today to advocate for the mandatory labeling of foods derived from genetically modified crops, or �GMOs.�

In a letter to House offices today, 373 producer groups, processors, biotech providers, and food companies representing the Coalition for Safe and Affordable Food, asked Congress members to support a bill that would provide federal food labeling standards for genetically engine

The widely rebutted review from a World Health Organization (WHO) committee that classified the herbicide glyphosate as 0probably carcinogenic0 to humans is generating more headlines and providing new momentum for anti-pesticide and anti-GMO activists.

A bill that the House Agriculture Committee is developing to reauthorize grain inspections will include a safeguard against trade disruptions during labor disputes.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) Director Dan Ashe said he and his counterparts from Mexico and Canada are seeking new ways to support monarch butterfly habitat during the 20th annual meeting of the Canada/Mexico/United States Trilateral Committee for Wildlife and Ecosy

Members of the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday debated the effectiveness of the new enforcement policy that the Obama administration ordered for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), which include prioritizing the detainment of criminal illegal immigrants.

The next meeting of the Global LLP Initiative (GLI) will take place in Guadalajara, Mexico, from May 4-7. The 15 participating countries have been discussing how to develop approaches for the global management of low level presence (LLP) since 2012.

Charity and nonprofit organizations dedicated to feeding the hungry testified Wednesday on how public-private partnerships can help their efforts during a House Agriculture Committee hearing.

Now in the fourth year of an historic drought, the nations biggest agricultural producing state is mandating cities and towns reduce water usage by 25 percent.