The case over a banned pesticide used on banana plantations in Costa Rica has spanned 30 years and multiple courts. Fernando Jimenez Arias died earlier this year, after the Hawaii Supreme Court agreed to take up the case. Since the late 1990s, the class action over exposure to dibromochloropropane, or DBCP, has wound through federal and state courts.

IFOAM North America and Natural Grocers are hosting a series of conversations on regenerative agriculture topics to work towards an industry consensus on minimum regenerative standards. The primary focus is to ensure that grocery shoppers can confidently choose products bearing a regenerative claim. The first call will dig into the role of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides.

The Food Additives Amendment, passed in 1958, created two pathways for food additives. One pathway allows common ingredients already in the food supply to bypass the review. The other pathway allows new ingredients to come to market via the GRAS pathway. Jennifer Pomeranz is an associate professor of public health policy and management at the NYU School of Global Public Health. The Trump administration recently got involved in the issue. In March, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. directed the FDA commissioner to explore new rules.

The World Food Programme warned last month that 45 million more people could tip into acute hunger if the Gulf conflict does not end by June. The Gulf conflict is just one of four systemic challenges putting global food supplies in long-term jeopardy. The World Bank identifies three other critical threats to food security: climate change, economic shocks and the displacement of populations across the developing world.

The North American Marine Alliance (NAMA) is pushing back against corporate control of fisheries to build vibrant, community-driven blue food systems. NAMA is a steering committee member of the Don’t Cage Our Oceans campaign and convenes the Catch Share Reform Coalition, which advocates for policies that center the priorities of small fishers.

The first-of-its-kind lawsuit brought by the San Francisco city attorney against major food manufacturers over ultraprocessed foods has been moved back to state court. The city claims the companies have created a public health crisis. The manufacturers argue the real party in interest is San Francisco and not California.

The National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) urges Congress to reject the Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026 (H.R. 7567) and return to the table to craft a farm bill that serves all farmers and communities. The farm bill reauthorization is more than two and a half years overdue.

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