Shirley Sherrod sues Andrew Breitbart for defamation, false light

" A former Department of Agriculture employee who was forced to resign last year after the posting of a misleading video has filed suit against Andrew Breitbart, the conservative blogger who posted it. Shirley Sherrod's suit was filed in District of Columbia Superior Court on...

Overkill: Obama involved in Sherrod firing

Here is an example of misplaced priorities. The head of the Agriculture Department is as high as this case needed to go for resolution. Getting the President involved in overkill, unless of course, they were behind...

Shirley Sherrod getting back to business

I didn’t know much about Shirley before the story broke. I still think her remarks to the NAACP may have been better couched, but when Julian Bond came to her defense, I listened and am moved. So, Shirley will...

Summer Grasshopper Invasion in US Plains States Worst in 30 Yrs?

Some Western Plains states are bracing for  the worst infestation of grasshoppers in 30 years. Last fall, USDA studies of various states showed extraordinarily high numbers of grasshoppers for areas...

USDA Expects Largest Soy and Second-Largest Corn Crop in History

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...

Sign up: USDA June 29th deadline to halt dismantling GE Regs

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...

Obama Nominates Sustainable Agriculture Expert for USDA Post

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,...

Lean Cuisine Recall: Dinners Contaminated Nationwide in US

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...

USDA Finds Excessive Drug Residues in Slaughtered Farm Animals

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...

Research shows many Hispanic Families are Still Unclear About How to Live Hea...

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...

US implements COOL food labeling

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...

Nebraska beef recalled

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...

E. Coli Cases Traced to Whole Foods Beef

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...

Smokey Bear Returns with a New Look to Remind Americans Only You Can Prevent ...

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)...

Blast hits pro-junta office in Myanmar

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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