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COOL-ing Down Monsanto41 comments

Rob Smart wrote 6 months ago: I have to hand it to Monsanto. A company representative on Twitter recently engaged me in a dialog a … more →

Tags: Food Retail, Food Systems, organic, Retail, Labeling, Business, USDA, industrial food, regulation

What You Missed While You Were at BioFinance1 comment

Jeremy G wrote 8 months ago: A lot to catch up on over the last few days… A professor in Hong Kong says don’t relax j … more →

Tags: Jeremy Grushcow, Judiciary Committee, Caisse de dépôt, michael sabia, Québec, Fonds de solidarite FTQ, Quebec Venture Capital Fund, Venture Capital, h1n1

Country of Origin Labeling Rules Now In Effect

editor wrote 9 months ago: After substantial delay, Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) rules are now in effect. This rule essent … more →

Tags: Food Safety, USDA, Cool, Obama Administration, Bush administration, Tom Vilsack, COOL Labeling

Strangely Silent1 comment

Vines & Cattle wrote 9 months ago: I’m getting a little tired of the Alice Waters, Michael Pollan types talking about how we need … more →

Tags: food policy, Bureaucracy, Beef, Food Safety, Ag Policy, Pollan, National Animal Identification System

Tag, We're It1 comment

Vines & Cattle wrote 9 months ago: This is exactly the sort of thing I am talking about when I say that the new NAIS and COOL regulatio … more →

Tags: food policy, Bureaucracy, alternative farming, Food Safety, National Animal Identification System

Deciphering Obama's "progressive trade agenda"

Luiza Ch. Savage wrote 10 months ago: Former Dallas mayor, Ron Kirk, Obama’s nominee for US Trade Representative, had his Senate con … more →

Tags: Savage Washington, Canadian Embassy in Washington, maps of US-Canada trade, NAFTA, Ron Kirk Confirmation hearing, U.S. Trade Representative

Peanuts In Plainview

Vines & Cattle wrote 10 months ago: We’re repeatedly told how Obama and Co want to beef up food regulations and labeling laws, all … more →

Tags: Food Safety, Bureaucracy, Ag Policy

Farm Policy Fretting1 comment

Vines & Cattle wrote 10 months ago: Two points of view on the coming changes in Ag Policy, first commercial beef commentator Steve Corne … more →

Tags: food policy, Beef, alternative farming, Ag Policy, Pollan

Not so COOL as we've been led to believe1 comment

Vines & Cattle wrote 11 months ago: Remember speculating on the unintended consequences of Country of Origin Labeling?  They’re st … more →

Tags: Beef, food policy, Bureaucracy, capitalism, Ag Policy

M-COOL Rules Final: They Affect Everything We Eat and All Kinds of Investments

AllenCaron wrote 11 months ago: As required by the 2008 Farm Bill, the Agriculture Department issued final details of the M-COOL (ma … more →

Tags: Agriculture, M-COOL, cattle, digital angel, meat imports, herd growth, Beef, Pork, Lamb

Country of Origin Labeling

andykleinschmidt wrote 1 year ago: The United States Department of Agriculture has announced that the implementation of Country of Orig … more →

Tags: Livestock, USDA, Cool, AMS, Agricultural Marketing Service, Beef, food labeling

Hooray for COOL!

flyingtomato wrote 1 year ago: MSNBC reports that Country of Origin Labeling will now be required on most all fresh foods. This is … more →

Tags: local food, department of agriculture, Cool

Wall Street Crisis a Top Priority, But What About Our Farms?2 comments

mcorreia wrote 1 year ago: With a financial crisis gripping the nation, presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama ar … more →

Tags: US Food Policy, local food, Small farmers, family farms, packer ban, Barack Obama, Rural America, Farm Bill

Clinton: Trade w/ Standards will Help Countryside

tradejusticenow wrote 2 years ago: Date: October 27th, 2007 Situation: Presidential Candidates Forum via Video Chat – Rural Youth … more →

Tags: Clinton, Trade Deals

Edwards Mentions CAFOs and Agribusiness Control

tradejusticenow wrote 2 years ago: Date: October 27th, 2007 Situation: Presidential Candidates Forum in Person – Rural Youth Summit – A … more →

Tags: Edwards, CAFO


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