Changing the definition of agriculture is a fighting proposition in a county where farmland preservation is part of the community’s very identity. Napa County is updating its county code so the ...

Regarding "Supervisors OK definition of ag zoning,” (April 10): Defining agriculture, a seemingly simple task, (Webster New World Dictionary: "The science and art of farming; work of cultivating the ...

A lecturer I once had would illustrate his point about how language can fluctuate between definition and meaning by asking us to pretend to address an Irish Famers Association meeting in Mitchelstown.

On Friday, March 5, USDA will release January 2021 trade data. This release will be special because in addition to new data, trade enthusiasts will get a new definition. USDA, in coordination with the ...

How could a common, legal definition be reached, and what could such a term mean for regenerative agriculture as a whole? There are many corporate definitions of regenerative agriculture. In fact, the ...

In response to certain amendments made by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act relating to swaps in “agricultural commodities,” the Commodity Futures Trading Commission has ...

After two years of debate, the California Board of Food and Agriculture on Tuesday unanimously approved a definition of regenerative agriculture to inform state policy decisions. The California ...

PIERRE — Legislators agreed Wednesday that more work is needed before they rewrite the definition of agricultural land in South Dakota’s property tax laws. The Senate Taxation Committee set aside the ...

The Sustainable Agriculture Initiative (SAI) platform, a collaboration between companies such as Danone, Unilever and PepsiCo, last month provided a definition of regenerative agriculture as part of ...