Timed to coincide with the third round of talks over renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement, two Canadian think tanks are suggesting NAFTA 2.0 should include a bilateral food protection system.
The Canadian
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Lab-made meat, poultry get big funding boost from big food
It’s the future of meat and poultry — or at least part of the future.
That’s what some investors, among them global agricultural heavyweight Cargill Inc., are saying about meat grown in labs from cells
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Secretary of Agriculture Perdue’s inbox is filled to the brim
Former Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue is likely less than a week away from being confirmed by the U.S.
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Letter From the Editor: Deciding to Walk the Transparency Talk
Back from my trip to south Georgia, there was a pile of Greeley Tribunes to catch up with. Usually that doesn’t take long, but to my surprise, JBS USA, which is headquartered on the west
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Some FRONTLINE Comments Were Left on the Editing Floor
(Mike Robach, vice president of corporate food safety, quality and regulatory affairs for Cargill Inc., was interviewed for the FRONTLINE documentary, “The Trouble with Chicken,” which aired May 12, 2015.)
There were a couple of
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Plastic Reported in Chicken Nuggets From McDonald’s Outlet in Japan
McDonald’s Japan and Cargill Inc., one of the fast-food company’s chicken suppliers in Asia, are apologizing and trying to reassure the public after a customer at a McDonald’s outlet in Misawa, Japan, reportedly found a
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