Articles tagged under: Cory Booker
Support for Small Farms
Published June 7, 2023
A bill has been introduced in the House and Senate to create a new office within USDA to focus on small farms. New Jersey Senator Cory Booker said this office would consider the specific needs of small farms and facilitate…Booker Targets Large Livestock Farms
Published February 8, 2023
New Jersey Senator Cory Booker is calling for a moratorium on new livestock farms. Booker is a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee and was a speaker at the Food Not Feed Conference in Washington, D.C., highlighting his bill to…Booker Bill Considers Animal Agriculture
Published November 23, 2022
New Jersey Senator Cory Booker has introduced a bill targeting large-scale livestock operations. The proposal would require packers, processors and farmers to register their businesses with USDA, submit a disaster preparedness plan and pay for disaster mitigation. The bill also…Sugar Free Summer Challenge
Published July 5, 2022
New Jersey Senator Cory Booker is asking others to join him and take added or processed sugar out of their diets until Labor Day. In a tweet, Booker said the United States ‘uses tax dollars to drive down the costs…CAFO Ban Proposed
Published July 14, 2021
New Jersey Senator Cory Booker has reintroduced a bill to ban large concentrated animal feeding operations. Booker has targeted CAFOs in the past, but now has more influence as a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee.Booker Renews Effort to Ban Large Livestock Farms
Published May 8, 2020
New Jersey Senator Cory Booker is calling for a ban on large livestock operations by the year 2040. Another former presidential candidate, Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren, is co-sponsoring the bill. The proposal phases out concentrated animal feeding operations over the…