Many consumers associate organic food production with food safety. While there is an abundance of persuasive arguments supporting this connection, the claims are often not accompanied by credible, scientific studies.
Red Darla cheese is one of those locavore products that has a unique distribution chain. It’s made its way from the Estrella Family Creamery at Montesano, WA to Farmer’
After much debate, the federal government is moving to bring clearer and more stringent regulation for organic agriculture, the fastest growing sector in the food system.
The U.S. Department
During the Reagan era family farms experienced a rapid demise with many farmers turning to suicide as a result of lost profits. There may once again be a muted epidemic
The Graham Farm in Moore Haven, FL has a problem with the animal drug sulfamethazine.
Sulfamethazine is an antibacterial drug consisting of any of several synthetic compounds capable of inhibiting
A Texas dairy west of Fort Worth offered an animal for sale for slaughter as food that was adulterated, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) says.
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Chinese officials announced that two milk producers were executed yesterday for their role in last year’s nationwide melamine milk contamination scandal, which killed six infants and sickened over 300,
There has been an ongoing back-and-forth response from the Weston A. Price Foundation (WAPF) to my literature review of the pros and cons of drinking raw (unpasteurized) milk and a
This week the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) and the National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF), who together represent about 85 percent of the dairy industry, called on the Senate to
Two Ohio dairy farms received warning letters in recent weeks from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ‘s (FDA) Cincinnati office about sales of bull calves for slaughter as