World Food Safety Day: Remembering Those Microbes!
June 7, 2022
World Food Safety Day is today (June 7th), and IFIC celebrates each year by considering how our food-supply chain can improve its safety—a critical part of our everyday nutrition and…
Farming
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AAPI Heritage Month: Celebrating Asian Contributions to Farming
May 3, 2022
The immigration of people from countries all over the world to the United States has made a huge impact on many of the consumer goods Americans enjoy today—including in the…
Consumer Perspectives on Regenerative Agriculture
February 10, 2022
Download the survey results here Highlights Regenerative agriculture practices aren’t yet familiar to most Americans: Just one in five (19%) of survey takers said they’d heard of regenerative agriculture. Over…
The Bridge Between Food Trade and Food Safety
June 1, 2021
Many of us enjoy a variety of food products each day and are accustomed to our go-to foods being in stores whenever we want to check them off our shopping…
Biopesticides and Earth Day 2021: Leveraging How Nature Defends Itself
April 22, 2021
For Earth Day this year, many of us are likely thinking about our health, livelihoods and safety—and how our planet’s natural resources help sustain us through innovations in agriculture and…
Appreciating Water on National Ag Day
March 23, 2021
Today is National Ag Day! The theme of Ag Day 2021 is “food brings everyone to the table.” These are words that many of us can relate to. While the…
Understanding How Animal Protein Production Is Regulated
February 25, 2021
As kids growing up, many of us were often given a message along the lines of, “Be sure to eat your protein—it’s good for your muscles!” For sure, dietary protein…
Beans and Biotech: Why Soybeans Are the Stars of Genetically Modified Foods
February 10, 2021
GMOs (genetically modified organisms) continue to be a hot topic in the food space, and soybeans are a particularly large part of that conversation since they make up a significant…
Agriculture and Greenhouse Gas Emissions
January 15, 2021
Ever buy a box of cereal, a bag of apples or a gallon of milk and think, “I wonder how the production of this product has impacted the Earth?” We…
GMO Crops: Safety, Regulation and Sustainability Insights
December 11, 2020
Genetically modified organisms, or GMOs, are a popular topic in today’s conversations about food and farming, and many of us have heard of or read food labels stating “contains bioengineered…