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Nancy Kavazanjian Nancy Kavazanjian
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Topics: Livestock/Meat, Sustainability, Beef Cattle, USDA,

Low Carbon Beef Approved as a USDA Process Verified Program Service Provider

Low Carbon Beef, a cattle certification program that enables beef farmers and ranchers to earn premiums by reducing carbon emissions of their cattle operation, today announced it has secured approval as a USDA Process Verified Program (PVP) Service Provider from the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS). This approval marks the first USDA PVP for calculating the life cycle GHG emissions for beef production. The PVP will enable beef providers to differentiate and market beef that is raised wi

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Nancy Kavazanjian Nancy Kavazanjian
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Topics: Food/Nutrition, FDA, USDA, Food Security/Shortage,
Nancy Kavazanjian Nancy Kavazanjian
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Topics: Agriculture US, Organic, Food/Nutrition, USDA,

A long, sickening piece about food fraud

The Great Organic-Food Fraud

There’s no way to confirm that a crop was grown organically. Randy Constant exploited our trust in the labels—and made a fortune.

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Nancy Kavazanjian Nancy Kavazanjian
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Topics: Fruit, Research, USDA,
TOPIC(S): Education U.S. NorthEast, Education U.S. SouthEast, Research, USDA, Plant-Based/Animal Free,

10/21/2021 SOURCE: vtx.vt.edu

Virginia Tech researchers among team awarded $10M from USDA to bring cultivated meat closer to dinner plates

Cultivated meat — animal cells grown in vitro to form anything from chicken tenders to salmon fillets — is pushing the boundaries of food production at a time when the agriculture industry is racing to keep up with growing demand. Researchers from Virginia Tech are part of a team awarded $10M from the USDA to usher in the era of lab-to-table protein to help to fill that gap.

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TOPIC(S): Poultry, Food/Nutrition, USDA, Government / Policies,
Nancy Kavazanjian Nancy Kavazanjian
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Topics: USDA, Cellular Meat,
TOPIC(S): Agriculture US, Sustainability, Research, USDA, Climate Change, Weather,

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