Ag in the News

03/04/2010

National and International

Vilsack issues ‘call to action’ on school nutrition, ‘Let’s Move’
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack called on school nutrition professionals to help push the administration's priorities for reauthorization of the Child Nutrition Act in an address to the School Nutrition Association on Wednesday. MORE!

Almost 70 percent of consumers will pay more for ‘ethical’ food: survey
Sixty-nine percent of respondents to a survey by San Francisco-based marketing communications firm Context Marketing said they will pay more for "ethically produced" foods. MORE!

FSIS meeting to cover product tracing for E. coli
USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service said it will hold a public meeting to discuss and receive public input on the agency's product tracing efforts related to E. coli O157:H7. The public meeting will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on March 10, 2010, in the USDA South Building, Jefferson Auditorium, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20250. MORE!

Restaurant index shows January decline, optimism for future
Following December 2009's 22-month high, the Restaurant Performance Index slipped 0.3 percent to 98.3, though the Expectations Index rose above 100 for the first time in 9 months. MORE!