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Wednesday, February 01, 2023
The Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service will publish language in the Federal Register Wednesday, a move welcomed by the industry and Capitol Hill.
Lisa Safarian is the new president and chief operating officer of Pivot Bio, and Ryan Findlay has been brought on to Rabo AgriFinance as the new regional lead of business development for carbon banking.
A new investment of nearly $2 billion from the Commodity Credit Corporation will help fund school meals and food banks, and promote the purchase of U.S.-grown foods.
Pennsylvania is the latest state to ink an agreement with USDA to source local foods from underserved farmers and distribute fresh, healthy products to charities.
Labor unions are joining up with ocean carriers to fight proposals in Congress to reform rules for shipping U.S. food aid. Under cargo preference requirements, half of the food must be shipped on U.S.-flag carriers.
Less than 1% of tested fruits and vegetables tested in 2020 had pesticide residues above EPA-established tolerances, and 30% had no detectable residue, USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service said in its latest annual data report.
