The United States Department of Agriculture estimates this year`s soybean crop to be the largest ever, and the corn crop to be the second-largest in US history. A USDA report indicates that the windfall will result...
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Sign up: USDA June 29th deadline to halt GE, drug and industrial chemicals in food crops
Many social welfare, health and environmental organizations are asking Americans to sign up before June 29 to halt the...
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Supporters of small-scale, independent farming everywhere should applaud Obama's choice for the USDA's second highest post, deputy secretary. Kathleen Merrigan, a recognized advocate for local and organic foods,...
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A massive Lean Cuisine recall has been issued after small pieces of blue plastic were found in 3 chicken dinner meals produced by Nestlé Prepared Foods Company in Springville, Utah. Despite receiving the...
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) conducted an investigation of Paul Rothemel’s cattle operation located at 184 State Route 44, Hartville, OH 44632, and found Rothemel offered for sale an animal for...
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The Advertising Council in partnership with the United States Department of Agriculture's Food Nutrition and Consumer Services recently launched new Spanish-language public service advertisements (PSAs) designed...
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The US has finally implemented a law that requires country-of-origin labeling on meat, fish, poultry, produce and peanuts as of September 30, 2008. "On May 13, 2002, the Farm Security and Rural Investment...
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E. coli seems to be in everything these days, as a quick Google search reveals. This time it's beef. A lot of beef."The total amount now in the recall is about 1.36 million pounds of beef, and includes beef that was produced on June 24, the USDA's Food Safety and Inspection...
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Time and time again, we've seen that organic, natural, andwhole foods are just as prone to contamination from infectious bacteria such as salmonella and E. coli.Seven cases of E. coli contamination have now been...
The Advertising Council, in partnership with the USDA Forest Service and the National Association of State Foresters (NASF), announced today the launch of a new series of public service advertisements (PSAs)...
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Offices of the pro Junta activists have been bombed today early morning. The group helps Burmese militia with its social welfare programme. " An explosion at dawn Tuesday rocked the office of a government-backed social welfare group whose members have been...
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So we think the general population is getting heavier, but if this research pans out, we are all about to get a lot fatter! Heres a summary of what is going to happen. Cocoa crops getting bigger, more chocolate is...
Brits throw away 7 million slices of bread, 666,000 eggs, 1.2 million sausages, 260,000 processed cheese slices and more than 1.5 bananas daily.
This raises a very serious question, what are The Brits...
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As food and fuel prices continue to rise faster than they have in decades, the USDA decided now was a good time to raise milk prices. In response, the International Dairy Foods Association issued the statement...
Rice is produced worldwide and is the primary staple for more than half the world’s population, according to the USDA Economic Research Service’s Rice Report. So when prices for this food staple and...