Agriculture
Connecting Plant-Based Foods with American Agriculture: 2020 Report
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....
PBFA Comments on the Final Scientific Report of the 2020 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee
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...
PBFA at the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture Annual Meeting
This week, our lobbyist Shannon Campagna and I attended the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA) annual meeting in Hartford, Connecticut to...
Why PBFA Supports the Checkoff Reform Amendment
Status (4/13/21): Unfortunately, the Brat-Blumenauer Amendment was not included in the 2018 Farm Bill that was passed in December, 2018. The farm bill debate is now in...
Earth Day Food for Thought: Reduce Food Waste with Plant-Based Foods
A recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences explores a different side of food waste, the “opportunity food loss” of producing...
Plant Based Foods Association Announces its 2018 Farm Bill Agenda
Status (4/13/21): The farm bill was passed by the Senate on December 11, 2018, but was lacking in mentions of plant-based foods. However, technical assistance to...
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2020 Retail Sales Data Announcement
NEWS RELEASE APRIL 6, 2021 Plant-based food retail sales grow 27% to $7 billion in 2020 New data commissioned by GFI and PBFA shows U.S....
The strength provided by banding together with others to raise the visibility and voice of the plant-based foods sector, as well as to put forth solutions to many of the concerns we all face today, were the main motivating factors for us in helping to get the PBFA off the ground. What we’ve seen is that this effort has clearly been very successful and has also been effective in helping us to sharpen the focus on our company’s mission.