Traditional agricultural policy and its attendant narrow focus may have had its heyday. In the coming decades, agriculturalists must be better prepared for the rapid integration of forces not typically viewed as connected: changing consumer tastes and attitudes about food , agriculture, the...

To your glossary of food and agricultural terms, add HACCP. One day it could be as ubiquitous in food safety regulation as the Federal meat inspector who has patrolled packinghouses for more than 80 years. HACCP (pronounced "HASSip") is the acronym for an established quality control concept...