Agriculture
Connecting Plant-Based Foods with American Agriculture: 2020 Report
In various conversations with our member companies over the years, I learned that most of the ingredients used to produce plant-based foods are imported to the U.S. I...
PBFA Comments on the Final Scientific Report of the 2020 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee
Recently, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released the Final Advisory Report from the Dietary Guidelines...
PBFA at the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture Annual Meeting
This week, our lobbyist Shannon Campagna and I attended the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA) annual meeting in Hartford, Connecticut to...
Why PBFA Supports the Checkoff Reform Amendment
The farm bill debate is now in full swing in the House. Included in a flurry of amendments is an important measure that goes to the heart of PBFA’s policy agenda to...
Earth Day Food for Thought: Reduce Food Waste with Plant-Based Foods
A recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences explores a different side of food waste, the “opportunity food loss” of producing...
Plant Based Foods Association Announces its 2018 Farm Bill Agenda
SAN FRANCISCO (PRWEB): Today, the Plant Based Foods Association (PBFA) announced its first-ever farm bill platform, in the form of a letter sent to leadership and...
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Women’s Interest Group for PBFA Company Members
A Perspectives Piece: Representation of the Black Community at Industry Events
It’s Black History Month 2021, a time to look at the scope of representation and intersectionality of race and its effects on inclusion in...
The strength provided by banding together with others to raise the visibility and voice of the plant-based foods sector, as well as to put forth solutions to many of the concerns we all face today, were the main motivating factors for us in helping to get the PBFA off the ground. What we’ve seen is that this effort has clearly been very successful and has also been effective in helping us to sharpen the focus on our company’s mission.