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White House celebrates ‘normalizing’ supply chains, but industry warns of more work

09-Jun-2023 By Elizabeth Crawford

Critical supply chains are finally “normalizing” after the pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine disrupted transportation and slowed production, triggering bottlenecks and driving up inflation to 40-year highs, according to a White House report card...

Biden administration to explore voluntary targets for added sugar, develop front-of-pack nutrition labeling system

27-Sep-2022 By Elaine Watson

The Biden administration is exploring steps the federal government could take to reduce intake of added sugars “such as developing targets for categories of foods, similar to the voluntary targets FDA developed for sodium,” as part of a National Strategy...

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'An historic opportunity to address food scarcity, nutrition insecurity and insufficient physical activity…’ White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health scheduled for Sept 28

29-Aug-2022 By Elaine Watson

The Biden administration has set a date – Sept 28 - for the first White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health since 1969.

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The White House: ‘Millions of Americans are struggling with hunger … we cannot wait to act’

23-May-2022 By Elizabeth Crawford

This fall, the White House will host a highly-anticipated and hard fought for second Conference on Food, Nutrition, Hunger and Health at the behest of a bipartisan nationwide grassroots movement led by Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.) as part of an ambitious...

White House, industry team to recruit more truckers, ease supply chain constraints

05-Apr-2022 By Elizabeth Crawford

Recognizing trucking as a “lynchpin” in America’s supply chains that moves 72% of the US economy’s goods and that a lack of drivers has held back ability to meet surging consumer demand since the start of the pandemic and now contributes to rising inflation,...

Farmer Focus’ expansion underscores alternative model to ‘anti-competitive’ meatpacking practices

16-Feb-2022 By Elizabeth Crawford

The opening of organic and Humane Certified chicken company Farmer Focus’ 78,000 square foot packaging facility in Harrisonburg, Va., announced today, is a testament to the sustainability and scalability of an alternative business model to those of the...

White House targets ‘monopoly’ in meat, poultry with $1b to support independent processors

03-Jan-2022 By Elizabeth Crawford

Ahead of a meeting with farmers, ranchers and independent meat and poultry processors today, the Biden administration this morning directed $1bn in American Rescue Plan funds to independent processors as part of a broader effort to break up what it calls...