Congress increases reimbursement rate for school lunches, sets new standards
The bill will also authorize an organics pilot program, also advanced by Leahy, under which the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will offer competitive grants for schools to boost their offerings of organic foods and to scale up the nutritional value of the foods provided to schoolchildren under the school lunch program.
Sanders: Senate struck the right balance on FDA bill
Sanders supported a provision written by Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) under which food producers who sell more than half of their goods directly to consumers and have less than $500,000 in annual sales would not be subject to the new requirements designed for industrial-scale food producers.
Your organic food: Made in China Part 2. Fresh from the Far East
Frontier Natural Products Co-op and United Natural Foods, Inc., are importing organic food from China.
Your organic food: Made in China Part 1. Why you should give a hill of beans about it
A surprising number of organic products available at co-ops and natural food stores in Vermont now come from China.
