USDA Sticks a Hoe into the Sugar Beet Issue
Caught since Aug. 13 between a federal judge and some inept inaction by the Agriculture Department, sugar beet growers with about one million acres in a dozen states have been...
Local Food
Nevada Mobile Slaughter Unit Info Session Planned
The Agriculture Department announced this week that its Food Safety and Inspection Service will host a red meat mobile slaughter unit information session Sept. 9. The information session, which is...
Area off Louisiana Open to Fishing
Going into last weekend federal waters off the coast of Louisiana were re-opened to commercial and recreational fishing.NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service removed 4,281 square miles of federal waters from...
Philadelphia Cupcake Truck Confiscated
According to the Department of Licenses and Inspections in Philadelphia, a woman known as "the cupcake lady" had her converted mail truck seized last week after not having a proper...
Egg Producers Distance Themselves from Recall
In the wake of the massive recall of eggs due to Salmonella contamination, small-scale and local egg producers are differentiating themselves from "Big Ag" and distancing themselves from the recall.A...
Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution Wins Emmy
Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution won an Emmy this past Saturday at the Creative Arts Emmy Ceremony in Hollywood. Oliver, a British celebrity chef turned health activist, has used the success...
Beet Growers Ask: 'What About Next Year?'
With imports cut off and sugar available for purchase only with the right ration coupon, the federal government during World War II put out a poster that said: "Plant More...
Senators Want Gulf Seafood Advisory Group
U.S. Senators from the Gulf states are asking President Obama to name a Gulf Seafood Advisory Group to advise federal agencies on a menu of concerns that continues in the...
Safety Issues Hang Over Gulf Shrimp Season
Slow starts are nothing new for Louisiana's white shrimp season. Most of fall season harvest always comes later in September and October once colder north winds help bring up shrimp...
Small Farms Gain From Compromise on S. 510
Though the recently-released Senate food safety bill didn't include a controversial bisphenol-A ban or an amendment by Jon Tester (D-MT) to exempt small producers from certain measures, the package did...
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