Senator Michael Bennet drove a hard bargain last week in the Senate Agriculture Committee during mark-up of the 2012/2013 Farm Bill. Bennet introduced a key amendment that will allow US organic producers to create and participate in a cooperative marketing program for the first time. Other key commodities already participate in similar "research and marketing orders", but the organic...
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Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Congressman Peter DeFazio (D-OR) today introduced the Genetically Engineered Food Right-to-Know Act, bipartisan legislation that would require the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to clearly label genetically engineered (GE) foods so that consumers can make informed choices about what they eat.
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