Food and Agriculture

Funds will help Maine schools overcome barriers to purchasing food locally Congresswoman Chellie Pingree announced today that Healthy Communities of the Capital Area in Kennebec County will receive a $100,000 Farm to School grant from the USDA. “Maine schools today want to buy more food locally, but there aren’t many systems in place to help them do it easily. This… Read more »

Comments were to end today, Congresswoman Pingree urged delay because of website problems Congresswoman Chellie Pingree said today that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has agreed to her request to extend the comment period for new proposed food safety rules that could have a big impact on small and medium sized farms. The comment period had been scheduled to close today, but… Read more »

Congress takes up reauthorization of major farm programs that expired October 1 As Congress debates measures that will end the government shutdown, the House and Senate are also negotiating a Farm Bill--a major piece of legislation that would set the nation's farm policy for the next five years. The current Farm Bill expired on October 1st and House and Senate negotiators will be… Read more »