Michigan Farm Bureau members amended more than 100 policies at this year’s annual meeting which stretch from cell-cultured meat to animal welfare, industrial hemp and more.
Policy Development Chair Andy Haganow tells Brownfield more than 800 policies were brought forth from the local level. “It ranges from everything like crop specific policies to some things dealing with Right to Farm Act, along with a policy on genomic editing.”
Michigan delegates are recommending American Farm Bureau prohibit the labeling of cell-cultured products as “meat,” and are calling on the dairy industry to host a national dairy summit between AFBF and the National Milk Producers Federation to address balancing excess production with consumer demand.
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