Catherine Boudreau
US (innovation and biotechnology) vs Europe (regulation and organic): Which is the best path to a sustainable farming future?
Creating a climate-friendly food system is cooking up a showdown between the U.S. and the European Union. The two power ...
US pushes China to speed biotech crop approvals, import more ethanol as trade talks continue
The Trump administration is pressing China to approve biotech corn traits and import more American ethanol and a byproduct of ...
Biotech industry, anti-GMO activists face off over new NAFTA trade deal
The U.S., Canada and Mexico collectively addressed agricultural biotechnology like genetically modified organisms for the first time in the new ...
USDA aims to debut ‘bioengineered’ GMO food labels by December 1
The USDA by Dec. 1 is aiming to publish a final rule on labeling food containing genetically engineered ingredients, Greg ...
FDA vs USDA? Federal agencies ready for a turf war, but may partner to regulate lab-grown meat
FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said [on July 17th] that the agency is working closely with USDA on early efforts to ...
Food fight: GMO labeling disagreements behind food lobby shakeup?
Nestlé, the world’s largest food company, rocked food circles in late October with the news that it was leaving the ...
Organic industry forms ‘anti-fraud task force’ following discovery of ‘contaminated’ USDA-certified imports
A task force convened by the Organic Trade Association will get to work [June 2017] on developing a best-practices guide for ...