Real Agriculture

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Leaping off of the second day of the Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute’s event focused on ag policy and sustainability, RealAg Radio host Shaun Haney tackles benchmarking; environmental, social, and governance (ESG) pressure; and driving change on this episode of the Ag Policy Connection podcast!

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Food Politics

MARCH 31, 2025

The concept is an existential threat to the processed food industry, and it is fighting back. The Italian food industry is especially concerned because it also has the Nutri-Score front-of-pack labeling system to contend with; the letter grades on ultra-processed products tend to be Cs, Ds, and Esas bad as they come. Del Rio, D.,

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Food Tank

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Diversification is the key to the resilience of our food systems. By diversifying food systems, we can build a more resilient and sustainable system capable of adapting to climate and market fluctuations while also providing more nutritious food for local consumers. I have also learned about, and advocate for, opportunities.

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Food Politics

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

A reader, William Haaf, alerted me to this one: California companies required to disclose heavy metal content in baby food As of January 2025, baby food manufacturers selling in California must disclose test results for four heavy metals arsenic, lead, cadmium, and mercury via an on-pack QR code.

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Real Agriculture

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Exports remain critical for food security and maximizing the value of surplus ag production in the U.S., Exports remain critical for food security and maximizing the value of surplus ag production in the U.S., The demise of global trade as politicians push protectionist policies is overstated, says the head of the U.S. Read More

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Real Agriculture

MARCH 17, 2025

To this end, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is emphasizing the importance of accurate Product of Canada and Made in Canada labels on food products. To this end, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is emphasizing the importance of accurate Product of Canada and Made in Canada labels on food products.

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Food Tank

MAY 27, 2025

This piece is part of the weekly series Growing Forward: Insights for Building Better Food and Agriculture Systems, presented by the Global Food Institute at the George Washington University and the nonprofit organization Food Tank. This cognitive limitation applies just as strongly to our food system today.

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Food Politics

APRIL 18, 2025

Food Fight: From Plunder and Profit to People and the Planet. He makes it clear that this food fight is crucial to take on. I particularly like his discussion of what is needed to transform food systems: Food system transformation has become the mother of all development clichs in this decade. Stuart Gillespie.

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Food Tank

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

America has a food problem, and it’s not just about what we’re eating—it’s about how we think about food altogether. Our relationship with food is broken, leading to an uptick in preventable diseases, soaring healthcare costs , and widening divides between those who can afford healthy food and those who can’t.

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NASDA

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

At the 2025 Winter Policy Conference today National Association of State Departments of Agriculture members passed several policy amendments promoting increased programs for local and regional foods through federal policies and programs for states. Currently, USDA allows schools to use local sourcing as a component of food procurement.

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Real Agriculture

MARCH 14, 2025

Submitted by Penny Eaton, stakeholder relations for Canadian Food Focus Dorothy Long, managing director of Canadian Food Focus, says we need to remember that food is the part of agriculture that consumers care most about.

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NASDA

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Today at the National Association of State Department of Agriculture 2025 Winter Policy Conference , NASDA members voted to support federal programs and policies that expand “food as medicine” initiatives and strengthen their connection to local and regional food systems. territories. territories.

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 27, 2024

food system, we’ve seen firsthand how complex, often sobering stories about challenges in food and farming come to life when they include real people trying to fix problems at the local level. Climate change, environmental health issues, and food access are foremost among those challenges.

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Real Agriculture

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

One of the founding partners in Merit Functional Foods says it is joining forces with a group of investors on a plan to purchase an existing plant protein production facility in early 2025. Burcon NutraScience Corporation — a B.C.-based Burcon NutraScience Corporation — a B.C.-based

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Food Politics

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

At a glance across the country: Meatpacking plants closed at an unprecedented rate this year, accelerated by a number of factors such as rising livestock costs, workforce shortages, food safety violations and foodborne illnesses, and ongoing industry consolidation. Pretty certain: food prices will rise.

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Real Agriculture

MARCH 19, 2025

The companys mission is to help the world grow the food it needs, says director of new product Read More Agriculture is forever evolving and so is the business of fertilizer and crop nutrition. The companys mission is to help the world grow the food it needs, says director of new product Read More

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Food Tank

MAY 26, 2025

Chef, author, and content creatorBradLeoneis shining a spotlight on food system heroes through his YouTube series Local Legends. The show educates audiences about sustainable food and community-driven resilience. Local Legends is a travel kind of food adventuring show,Leonetells Food Tank.

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Food Politics

JUNE 11, 2025

The California Assembly has passed a bipartisan bill banning harmful ultra-processed food in schools California is one step closer to becoming the first state in the nation to ban unhealthy ultra-processed foods in public schools under bipartisan legislation approved today by the state Assembly. Published this week!

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Food Tank

MAY 7, 2025

A recent documentary, Roots of Resilience: East Knoxvilles Black Food Renaissance from filmmaker Ronald Levy, tells the story of the organization Rooted East. The Black-led food justice nonprofit is fighting deeply rooted food apartheid in East Knoxville, Tennessee. Food apartheid is strategic. According to the U.S.

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Food Tank

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

This is the first part of an articles series based on based on conversations held during COP16 (Cali) and COP29 (Baku) side events by leading food system actors, who explored solutions provided by agroecology. And efforts to make food systems more nature positive, including through agroecology, must be integral to each.

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Food Politics

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

FeedSpot, a group with which I am unfamiliar, has just named FoodPolitics.com as one of the top 60 blogs and websites in food science. FeedSpot says that these are the best Food Science blogs from thousands of blogs on the web and ranked by relevancy, authority, social media followers & freshness. Take a look at it.

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Food Tank

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Strengthening local economic markets and smallholders access to them creates a mutually generative cycle of food and ecological resilienceessential to strong local incomes and livelihoods. Specialty crop export and global food trade are still only a minor part of the worlds food story.

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Food Politics

APRIL 9, 2025

Colour manufacturers advise confectioners on top considerations when replacing soon-to-be-banned synthetic food dye Read more [ This will be a big issue, given RFK Jrs concerns about artificial food dyes] Governor Patrick Morrisey Signs Food Dye Legislation Into Law: Charleston, W.Va. How Prevalent Are Dyes in Foods?

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Real Agriculture

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Grandmothers garden is often the first place that children learn about the benefit of having worms in the soil. They learn from an early age that you dont throw worms away, you put them back into the ground where you found them, says Mike Launer of Annelida Soil Solutions.

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Food Politics

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has issued: Food Safety: Status of Foodborne Illness in the U.S. We have long reported that the fragmented nature of the federal food safety oversight system causes inconsistent oversight, ineffective coordination, and inefficient use of resources. food supply, both domestic and imported.

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Civil Eats

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

The White House put out a statement that included a list of USAID programs it said represented waste and abuse at the agency, but it did not mention humanitarian food aid. Link to this post ) The post USAID Dismantling Raises Questions About Food Aid Purchased from American Farmers appeared first on Civil Eats.

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Civil Eats

APRIL 1, 2025

Food, she says, plays a key role in drawing people to the center. A lot of [them] say, I like to go to Open Door because I love the taste of Chinese food. Po-Ling Ng uses food to connect with homebound seniors and get them talking. Here one of Ngs volunteers brings food to You Hai Chen.

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Modern Farmer

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

farms producing food for consumption has been steadily declining for years, making us more reliant on other countries as we resort to importing necessary foods. We need Congress to reevaluate the subsidies provided to big ag, and prioritize farmers growing and raising nutritious food for our nation. Whos gonna grow our food?

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Food Politics

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Comment: The relative contributions of animal foods to greenhouse gas production are under debate. This research, funded by the dairy industry and conducted by authors who work for dairy companies, concludes that restricting dairy foods does not reduce environmental impact but makes diets cost more.

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Civil Eats

JANUARY 22, 2025

Through food, residents who have lost everything are finding sustenance for body and soul, and hospitality workers are collaborating to help the best way they know how. The produce will be given for free to families who lost everything and are now living on cereal bars and fast food.

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Food Tank

DECEMBER 7, 2024

This is the second part of an articles series based on based on conversations held during COP16 (Cali) and COP29 (Baku) side events by leading food system actors, who explored solutions provided by agroecology. Called Resilient food futures: agroecology and climate finance for ambitious NDCs 3.0, Africa sets the example.

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Food Politics

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

This one is especially worth sharing: Talking Points: Anti-obesity medicationsWill the food industry be the biggest loser? It has been oer a year since the food industry finally woke up to the threats and opportunities of the new class of Anti-Obesity Medications (AOMs) such as Ozempic, Wegovy and Zepbound.

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Food Politics

APRIL 23, 2025

Ive been collecting items on new and emerging food products. Watermelon seed-based non-dairy beverage Milkish won fan favorite in the Fancy Face-Off pitch at the Winter Fancy Food Show but can it win over retailers and shoppers? Its a brave new food world out there. appeared first on Food Politics by Marion Nestle.

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Food Tank

APRIL 23, 2025

The Menus of Change University Research Collaborative (MCURC) , in collaboration with ReFED , is helping foodservice operators repurpose food and reduce food waste while supporting their triple bottom line. MCURC teamed up with ReFED, a food waste nonprofit in the United States, to track and analyze the data. generated 73.9

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Civil Eats

MARCH 24, 2025

Priscilla “Cilla” Lee gave away nearly 50,000 pounds of food last year to her neighbors in San Franciscos Outer Richmond district. Every Friday and two Saturdays a month, she hands out food boxes filled with fresh fruit, vegetables, meat, dairy products, and dried goods like beans or rice.

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Modern Farmer

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Brezzell said the farm and design firm’s mission is to be a resource to the community, helping Detroiters achieve food sovereignty by providing fresh, accessible food, some at no cost. We wanted to break down that immediate barrier to accessing food. … Food was never meant to be a commodity.”

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Civil Eats

MARCH 20, 2025

It’s a shame to see national politicians injecting partisanship into food assistance issues that have historically had bipartisan support. Free school breakfast will help ease the burden on families just trying to put food on their tables and make sure kids are fueled and ready to learn, said Governor Sanders. is solvable.

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