by PBFA | Jul 18, 2022 | Agriculture, PBFA News, Policy |
For the first time in nearly half a century, the White House will be hosting a Conference on Food, Nutrition, and Health in September 2022. Given high rates of chronic, diet-related diseases such as heart disease and diabetes, as well as the fact that millions of...
by PBFA | Sep 7, 2021 | Agriculture, PBFA News, Policy |
Alongside a coalition of organizations, companies, and trade associations, PBFA recently co-signed a letter to the House Agriculture Committee urging lawmakers to allocate funding for open-access research into alternative proteins. PBFA joined 45 other institutions in...
by PBFA | Jun 23, 2021 | Agriculture, Jobs/Economy, PBFA News, Policy |
The COVID-19 pandemic created significant supply chain challenges across industries and the world. In the United States, our PBFA members experienced delays in receiving imported ingredients from several countries. This experience, along with watching farmers contend...
by PBFA | Dec 23, 2020 | Agriculture, PBFA News |
In various conversations with our member companies over the years, PBFA learned that most of the ingredients used to produce plant-based foods are imported to the U.S. We would hear stories about companies having to import wheat for seitan from Canada, Australia or...
by PBFA | Aug 21, 2020 | Agriculture, PBFA News, Policy |
Recently, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released the Final Advisory Report from the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, a review of the latest science on nutrition, intended to develop the 2020-2025...
by PBFA | Sep 11, 2018 | Agriculture |
This week, our lobbyist Shannon Campagna and I attended the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA) annual meeting in Hartford, Connecticut to spend time with the nation’s agriculture leaders, their staff, and other supporters of U.S....
