April 2, 2018
Cadillac News, William P. McMullin, March 29, 2018- US Congressmen Steve King and James Sensenbrenner are trying to weaken animal protection and consumer safety laws in the United States. The Protect Interstate Commerce Act (H.R. 3599/H.R. 4879) and the No Regulation Without Representation Act (H.R. 2887), dubbed as the “States’ …
February 27, 2018
Des Moines Register, William Petroski, February 26, 2018- Iowa grocers participating in a supplemental food program would need to offer conventional eggs if they sell eggs from chickens housed in a cage-free, free-range or enriched colony cage environment under an Iowa House bill passed Monday night. House File 2408 was approved on an 81-17 vote, sending …
September 27, 2017
Natural Resource Report, Oregonians for Food and Shelter, September 25, 2017- Thursday brought a great victory for Oregon agriculture as the Oregon Court of Appeals confirmed the lower court opinion on the Josephine County GMO ban initiative. The GMO ban, passed in May of 2014, was beginning to be implemented …
September 13, 2017
The Commercial, David Hutter, September 12, 2017- State Sen. Stephanie Flowers, D-Pine Bluff, highlighted new laws governing farmers as a keynote speaker at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Agriculture Field Day. A Democrat of District 25, Flowers represents parts of Arkansas, Desha, Jefferson, Lincoln, Monroe and Phillips counties. …
September 5, 2017
Tech Dirt, Glyn Moody, August 31, 2017- As multiple Techdirt stories attest, farmers do love their “ag-gag” laws, which effectively make it illegal for activists to expose animal abuse in agricultural establishments — although, strangely, farmers don’t phrase it quite like that. Big Ag — the giant seed and agricultural chemical companies such as Monsanto, …