Coalition to Advance Precision Agriculture connects growers, innovators and government
In Washington, D.C., the Coalition to Advance Precision Agriculture launched a new website – www.DiscoverPrecisionAg.org – to facilitate communication between farm and agribusiness associations...
USDA announces innovation agenda with eye on 30% biofuels for 2050
In Washington, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced the Agriculture Innovation Agenda, a department-wide initiative to align resources, programs, and research to position.
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Sonny Perdue sworn in as U.S. Secretary of Agriculture
In Washington, D.C., Sonny Perdue was sworn in as the thirty-first U.S. Secretary of Agriculture by fellow Georgian and Associate Justice of the U.S....
New and Improved! RSB updates its definitive take on sustainability standards
Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials (RSB) celebrated the announcement at its Annual Assembly of Delegates meeting in Hanoi, Vietnam that its global members have voted...
USDA withdraws proposed biotech regulations to take a fresh look
In Washington D.C., the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, tasked with overseeing genetically-engineered organisms, announced it is withdrawing a...
California to launch their own climate change satellite
In California, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. announced that the State of California, together with Planet Labs, will develop and eventually launch a satellite...
This year’s U.S. wildfire suppression costs are the highest ever
In Washington, D.C., U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced that wildland fire suppression costs for the fiscal year have exceeded $2 billion, making...
Ontario launches the Low Carbon Innovation Fund to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
In Canada, Ontario is helping researchers, entrepreneurs and companies create and commercialize new, globally competitive, low-carbon technologies to reduce provincial greenhouse gas emissions. The Low...
USDA has no plans to regulate new plant breeding techniques
In Washington, D.C., U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue issued a statement providing clarification on the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s oversight of plants produced...
The FDA seeks dialogue about cultured cell technology for food production
In Washington, D. C., the use of animal cell culture technology as a method of food production and manufacturing raises many important considerations from...