On April 11, 2017, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit vacated the exemption secured under CERCLA and EPCRA. Animal agriculture needs to be aware of and develop a comprehensive plan to address this adverse decision.
The Animal Agriculture Alliance celebrates 30 years of connecting with and engaging consumers, and defending the companies that produce the meat and poultry that majority of Americans demand.
Andy Hanacek, editor-in-chief, sits down with Kay Johnson Smith, president and CEO of the Animal Agriculture Alliance, to discuss the strategies and tactics the Alliance has taken to connect the meat and poultry industry to consumers and protect it from extreme activist groups.
Traceability continues to grow in popularity when it comes to meat and poultry products, but more operators will be motivated to add verification systems as technologies evolve and the value proposition gets stronger.
Whether the use of antibiotics in animal production is responsible, in whole or in part, for the increased prevalence of antibiotic-resistant strains of pathogens in food is definitely a hard and controversial topic.
It is hard to deny that the development of dialogue between animal agriculture and consumers has been a focal point for most food processors and retailers in recent years.
The next major innovation in animal agriculture worldwide will be in the nutrition area. It won’t be one big event, but rather a series of innovations that combined add up to significant performance, improvement and cost reduction.
The basics of economics talk about supply and demand of products and services. The basics of scientific research often talk about the purity and impartiality of the science incorporated to