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AMI: EPA To Gather Wastewater Data From Some Animal Feeding Operations As Part Of Court Settlement
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will gather wastewater data from concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) that self-certify that they do not have discharges into waterways covered by the Clean Water Act. The move is part of a court settlement with the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), the Sierra Club and the Waterkeepers Alliance.
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AMI Releases Video Offering Tips On How To Stretch Your Meat Dollar
The American Meat Institute (AMI) today unveiled a new video that offers consumers tips about how to stretch their meat dollar while shopping for meat and poultry products.
The video, featuring Betsy Booren, Ph.D., director of scientific affairs of the American Meat Institute Foundation, is the eighth and final installment of AMI’s new “Ask the Meat Scientist” series.
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A. Dewey Bond, Former Senior Vice President Of AMI, Passes
A. Dewey Bond, 87, former senior vice president of the American Meat Institute (AMI), passed away on May 25, 2010, in Great Falls, Va., where he had resided for many years.
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AMI Guest Column: Interference in Corn Markets Hurts Consumers In The Long Run
“Thirty years ago, the federal government extended a helping hand to the corn-based ethanol industry, providing yearly subsidies and blocking foreign ethanol from being imported into the country. Unfortunately, this continuing assistance for a mature industry has had negative consequences in the meat and poultry sector,” says AMI President and CEO J. Patrick Boyle in a guest column appearing in Food & Drink Digital.
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AMI Releases Video On What It Means To Be Lean
The American Meat Institute (AMI) today unveiled a new educational video outlining for consumers the nutritional requirements a cut of meat or poultry must meet to be labeled “lean.”
The video, featuring Betsy Booren, Ph.D., director of scientific affairs of the American Meat Institute Foundation, is the seventh installment of AMI’s new “Ask the Meat Scientist” series.
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AMI's U.S. Meat Industry At A Glance Updated For 2010
The American Meat Institute (AMI) today released an updated version of its U.S. Meat Industry at a Glance document and pocket guide to reflect the most recent data available for 2010.
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AMI: Report Finds No Evidence Of Health Benefits Or Harm In Consuming Organic Foods
A systematic review of the available published literature finds that no evidence exists to show health benefits or harm from consuming organic foods.
The review, published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, is an examination of peer-reviewed literature spanning the last 50 years that was conducted by researchers at the Nutrition and Public Health Intervention Research Unit, Department of Epidemiology and Population Health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Health.
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AMI Releases Video Addressing Questions About The Color Of Ground Beef
The American Meat Institute (AMI) today unveiled a new educational video about the color of ground beef found in today's meat case. The video, featuring Betsy Booren, Ph.D., director of scientific affairs of the American Meat Institute Foundation, is the sixth installment of AMI's new "Ask the Meat Scientist" series.
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AMI Guest Editorial: E-Verify Is A Path Forward On Immigration Reform
Although the meat industry’s support for comprehensive immigration reform has not changed, “we don't want the debate to evolve into an all or nothing, politically charged proposition, especially when reauthorization and improvement of one component - the online employment verification system E-Verify - could be a big step forward,” notes AMI President and CEO J. Patrick Boyle in a guest editorial in the Austin American-Statesman.
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AMI Defends Processed Meats On ABC's World News Tonight With Diane Sawyer & Other Cable & Broadcast News Outlets
AMI Senior Vice President of Public Affairs Janet Riley last night appeared on World News Tonight with Diane Sawyer to dispute a recent Harvard School of Public Health linking study associating processed meats with an increased risk of heart disease and diabetes.
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American Meat Institute Foundation Says Processed Meats Are A Safe & Healthy Part Of A Balanced Diet
The American Meat Institute Foundation (AMIF) said that processed meat continues to be a healthy part of a balanced diet and that nutrition decisions should be based on the total body of evidence – not on a study that stands in contrast to other research and to the U.S. Dietary Guidelines for Americans. AMIF issued the statement in response to a study in the journal Circulation.
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- New school lunch beef recipes win approval from kids, foodservice
- Prices for corn and soybeans, five years from now
- Drier weather to give big boost to U.S. corn plantings
- The relationship between retail gasoline prices and futures prices
- Domestic ethanol production starts to grow again
- Agriculture is expected to remain strong in the coming decade
