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TOP HEADLINES
Feral feast: Eating wild boar meat could help solve problem:
One of the state’s biggest nuisance animals has the potential to be one of its most popular dinner dishes, Oklahoma City Golf and Country Club chef Mark Brown said [Journal Record].
Pending windfall provides some good news for Oklahoma state agencies:
Oklahoma’s finance secretary says the state has two options for deciding how to allocate what is expected to be roughly $100 million in new revenue to state agencies. In reality, there’s only one option [NewsOK].
Scenic Rivers Commission meets for last time:
The Oklahoma Scenic Rivers Commission met for the last time Tuesday after a newly passed state law combines the entity with the Grand River Dam Authority [Tulsa Public Radio].
EPA administrator defends agency’s review of glyphosate:
When is a final report not final? When it’s a politically-sensitive document that hasn’t been giving an official vetting by the environmental activists who seem to be running the Environmental Protection Agency [Delta Farm Press].
It’s the EPA vs. science:
The EPA has issued several rules, including its Clean Power Plan, Waters of the U.S., and its ozone regulations, that are backed by the agency’s political agenda, not sound science. These regulations will hurt American industry and cost unreasonable amounts to implement, all for little to no environmental benefit [House Committee on Science and Technology].
Is it GMO? “Smart labels” aren’t enough:
We are in the dark simply because a handful of multinational agribusiness and food companies have spent more than $100 million over the past three years to fight the consumer’s right to know, and now are pushing senators from both sides of the aisle to endorse discriminatory smart labeling [Des Moines Register].
For some growers, farmers markets just aren’t what they used to be:
“The customers have changed,” says Lester, who runs Tree and Leaf with his wife, Georgia O’Neal. “A lot of people that walk through markets are not shopping. They’re there to meet. They’re there to socialize.” [Washington Post]
