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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Saturday, April 20, 2024
Rep. Austin Scott, the Georgia Republican who chairs the House Agriculture subcommittee that oversees commodity programs, says it’s time to split the farm bill.
The Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program serves only half of eligible participants, and USDA and WIC supporters want to see the program continue to expand to reach all those who qualify.
Many students were able to continue receiving school meals in recent summers as a result of loosened government rules during the COVID-19 pandemic, but the number of free lunches served has dropped since peaking in 2020.
Proposed changes to the Women, Infants and Children program announced Thursday by USDA's Food and Nutrition Service would give a boost to fruit and vegetable consumption but de-emphasize dairy.
Following an article linking a deadly fungal outbreak to a fungicide resistance in agriculture, one of the nation’s largest winemakers pulled fungicides from its vineyards, despite a lack of scientific evidence.