Scott Prioritizes Racial Justice, Food Security, and Climate for House Ag [1]
"The first Black chairman of the powerful Agriculture Committee says his team is already lining up several spring hearings on key issues."
"The first Black chairman of the powerful Agriculture Committee says his team is already lining up several spring hearings on key issues."
"Perhaps the most promising solution for reducing bovines’ release of this powerful planet-warming gas [methane]? Feeding cows seaweed."
"News that President-elect Joe Biden has picked former Obama administration Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to run the agency anew has drawn disappointment from some who felt he was too aligned with major agriculture corporations during his previous stint."
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"Singapore has granted San Francisco start-up Eat Just Inc. regulatory approval to sell its laboratory-grown chicken in the city-state -- the world's first government to allow the sale of cultured meat."
"Beer made from rice grown with less water, rye planted in the off-season and the sale of carbon credits to tech firms are just a few of the changes North American farmers are making as the food industry strives to go green. The changes are enabling some farmers to earn extra money from industry giants like Cargill, Nutrien and Anheuser-Busch."
"If Native treaty rights had been honored, the natural landscape of the U.S. might look very different today."
"Feeding them seaweed slashes the amount of methane they burp into the atmosphere"
"Three tourists boiled dinner in national park, leading to fines, a ban and some apt puns"
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[2] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/agriculture
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