ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The “Farm Bill” is enacted every five years to address a variety of agricultural and food programs. This time around Sen. Lisa Murkowski is introducing legislation that will strengthen a variety of the farm bill provisions to better address needs in Alaska.
Part of the legislation aims to address the way seafood is labeled, such as including country of origin labeling for crab to ensure U.S. seafood is the only seafood being labeled as American in addition to creating a Wild USA seafood label. “You know, Alaska has worldwide competitors on every front, but none of them match the quality of product that Alaska waters produce. And a lot of times a lot of other countries and sources try to pass it off as the real thing and it really isn’t,” Venables said.