Tag: regulations
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News From the Farm | September 25, 2017
No Funding for Healthy Soils or Water Use Efficiency in the Cap and Trade Budget Deal Several weeks ago, California’s legislature made decisions on how to spend… read more…
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News From the Farm | May 29, 2017
I spent the last week in New York state’s capital, Albany, at a conference of practitioners dedicated to strengthening regional food systems — farm businesses, food processing… read more…
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News From the Farm | July 11, 2016
Hard at work for several years, regulators at the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have been writing rules and regulations that some say are the most… read more…
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News From the Farm | June 13, 2016
The weekend has nearly run out on me – 9pm on Sunday evening and a Beet is due by tomorrow morning at 6am. There is simply a… read more…
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News From the Farm | February 29, 2016
“If we want farmers to help us produce clean water and clean air and quality soil and recreational areas that all of us can enjoy, farmers can… read more…
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News from the Farm | March 3, 2014
Food Safety Think for a moment about the complex chain of connections that brought the egg to your plate this morning – the sausage, potatoes or tofu… read more…
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Food Safety Rule – there is still time to comment!
November 18, 2013 At 6pm on 11/17 there were 10,600 comments on the FDA’s proposed Produce Rule, which we have discussed extensively in these pages. Many of… read more…
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News From the Farm | Week of October 21, 2013
Please submit comments on the proposed FDA Produce Rule During the last year, we have written about the proposed “food safety” regulations many times. Now we ask… read more…
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News From the Farm | August 12, 2013
Many consumers and organic farmers, if challenged to describe the production principals of organic agriculture, might list practices that build soil fertility, maintain ecological balance, promote biodiversity,… read more…
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News From the Farm | Week of August 5, 2013
I am sitting in the kitchen late Sunday evening putting some thoughts together regarding proposed rules to implement the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), a massive new… read more…