WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) highlighted the victories she secured for Wisconsinites in the Senate Farm Bill to support Wisconsin's farmers, families, and rural communities, and called for Congress to pass the bill before the end of the year. The Farm Bill, or Rural Prosperity and Food Security Act, championed by Agriculture Committee Chair Stabenow includes several bipartisan bills and initiat more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- The Center for Science in the Public Interest issued the following news release on Dec. 2, 2024: The New York City Council today will hear testimony on legislation that would require New York City restaurants with kids' meals to serve at least two kids' meals that meet nutrition standards. Testimony in support of Bill 0641-2024 will include perspectives from community members, physicians, students, faith leaders, and community organizations. This bill builds upon existing more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- The Council for Responsible Nutrition issued the following news release: * * * Commends international commission's rejection of potentially duplicative and burdensome probiotics proposal * * * The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), the leading trade association for the U.S. dietary supplement and functional food industry, announced Monday the favorable outcome from consideration of proposed international regulatory guidelines on probiotics at the recent Codex Alim more PR

LONDON, England, Dec. 4 -- The International Journal of Food Science and Technology, a peer-reviewed journal from the Institute of Food Science and Technology that says it covers components of foods, their nutritional, physiological, sensory, flavour and microbiological aspects, published research articles on the following topics in its December 2024 edition (Vol. 59, Issue 12): Review * Synergies of bioactivities, mechanisms, dietary factors and functional food applications of medicinal insul more PR

LAKEWOOD, Colorado, Dec. 3 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Colorado Field Office issued the following news release: Thousands of milk producers across the country, including approximately 450 producers in Arizona, Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming, will receive surveys from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), as the agency collects information for the January 2025 more PR

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, Dec. 3 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Illinois Field Office issued the following news release: The October Prices Received Index 2011 Base (Agricultural Production), at 112.8, decreased 6.5 percent from September and 1.1 percent from October 2023. At 90.0, the Crop Production Index was down 9.0 percent from last month and 14 percent from the previous year. The Livestock Production Index, at 155.0, increased 6.0  more PR

COLUMBIA, Missouri, Dec. 3 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Missouri Field Office issued the following news release: The October Prices Received Index 2011 Base (Agricultural Production), at 112.8, decreased 6.5 percent from September and 1.1 percent from October 2023. At 90.0, the Crop Production Index was down 9.0 percent from last month and 14 percent from the previous year. The Livestock Production Index, at 155.0, increased 6.0 percent from more PR

MARYVILLE, Missouri, Dec. 4 -- Northwest Missouri State University issued the following news release: U.S. Bank Wealth Management, representing two charitable trusts, recently awarded a total of $25,000 to Northwest Missouri State University and the Northwest Foundation to support the University's micro-creamery expansion. The Foundation received $20,000 from the Gary G. Taylor Trust and $5,000 from the Harry and Helena Messick Charitable Trust. Both trusts are managed by U.S. Bank Wealth Mana more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- The Senate Judiciary Committee released the following testimony by Doug Kantor, general counsel of the National Association of Convenience Stores, from a Nov. 19, 2024, hearing entitled "Breaking the Visa-Mastercard Duopoly: Bringing Competition and Lower Fees to the Credit Card System": * * * (Continued from Part 1 of 3) Another study was released by the Hispanic Leadership Fund in 2022. That study found that because of swipe fees:81 1) "Lower income Americans are losi more PR