{"id":104142,"date":"2025-07-30T06:49:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T06:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/104142\/"},"modified":"2025-07-30T06:49:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T06:49:10","slug":"food-security-us-ag-department-blocks-support-of-many-foreign-nationals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/104142\/","title":{"rendered":"Food security: US Ag Department blocks support of many foreign nationals"},"content":{"rendered":"

The\u00a0Agriculture Department<\/a>\u00a0is applying more scrutiny to research done by its employees alongside noncitizens.<\/p>\n

The directives, laid out in a memo\u00a0which went out to USDA employees<\/a>\u00a0and research institutions earlier this month, are part of a broader effort to increase security measures around the U.S. food supply \u2014 especially when it comes to foreign adversaries like North Korea, China, Russia and Iran.<\/p>\n

The sweeping instructions require recipients of USDA funding to disclose contracts associated with \u201cforeign entities and certify they are not party to a malign foreign talent recruitment program.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The policy is a part of the \u201cNational Farm Security Action Plan<\/a>\u201d unveiled by the department alongside other members of the administration\u2019s cabinet to boost domestic manufacturing, research and production.<\/p>\n

Internal and outside researchers agree food security is important. But they say added scrutiny on collaborative agriculture research could hurt U.S. innovation.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The new policy directs USDA employees to stop collaborating and communicating with people who might be from the list of countries of concern.<\/p>\n

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