• Issues relating to planting of vegetables on program crop acres for the purpose of processing; issues relating to reform of the Conservation Reserve Program; and issues relating to research and programs fostering development of alternative feedstocks for biofuel manufacture.
• Safety and Labeling; Food Safety legislation including, the Food and Drug Import Safety Act, S. 510, the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, H.R. 2749 the Food Safety Enhancement Act of 2009 and S. 510 the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, to reform FDA regulation of domestic and imported food safety; all titles relating to FDA regulation of the food processing industry, including section related to country-of-origin labeling on imported ingredients and foods.
• Ingredients and imports; Issues related to truck size and weight allowed on interstate highways. Issues related to reauthorization of Federal Highway Act.
• Issues related to extend various federal tax incentives for the production of alternative fuels and the blending of alternative fuels with diesel
• Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC); implementation of new food packages.
• Legislation and regulatory actions related to greenhouse gas emission caps, as well as action to create a carbon credit cap-and-trade program.

Duration: November 1, 2007 to March 31, 2014

General Issues: Agriculture, Food Industry (Safety, Labeling, etc.), Transportation, Fuel/Gas/Oil, Beverage Industry, Clean Air & Water (Quality), Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs, Animals, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace

Spending: about $360,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

It can be tricky to figure out how much an organization spent on a particular lobbying engagement. The law only requires lobbyists to report the amount they were paid for federal lobbying each quarter rounded to the nearest $10,000—and if it's less than $3,000 in a given quarter (or less than $13,000 for organizations with in-house lobbyists), they don't have to disclose it at all. Plus, some organizations include spending that doesn’t belong in the report—for instance, money spent lobbying state governments or other legal work.

Agencies lobbied since 2007: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Transportation - Dept of (DOT), Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), Energy - Dept of, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Y Y HHS FDA White House, Y Y