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AquaBounty salmon is what’s for dinner if you can find it

By Dan Flynn on September 4, 2020

Food is going to be coming out of the laboratory in the near future, but if it’s not embraced by the retail distribution chain, it might have a short existence.

That’s the strategy environmental groups like Friends of the Earth are using on AquaBounty’s genetically engineered (GE) salmon, pressuring retailers…
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Senate confirms 31st Secretary of Agriculture: Sonny Perdue

By Dan Flynn on April 25, 2017

Sonny Perdue today is the 31st Secretary of Agriculture, having won confirmation by the U.S. Senate in an 87-to-11 vote on Monday.

The former governor of Georgia succeeds Tom Vilsack, who led the U.S. Department of Agriculture for the past eight years and who endorsed Perdue as his successor once…
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Researchers find nanoparticles in 6 of 6 U.S. baby formulas tested

By Cookson Beecher on May 25, 2016

Looking more like an overhead view of garden stones and shrubs, this highly magnified photo shows nano titanium dioxide and silicon dioxide found in baby formula in the U.S.

Recent research has detected potentially harmful nanoparticles in six out of six popular infant formulas tested. Not…
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Subway to Phase Out Poultry Products Raised With Antibiotics

By Cathy Siegner on October 21, 2015

Subway Restaurants announced Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2015, that its 27,000-plus outlets in the United States will start transitioning early next year to serving poultry products made only from turkeys and chickens raised without antibiotics. “Beginning in March 2016, SUBWAY® customers across the U.S. will able to order meals made with

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Report Ranks Antibiotics Policies at Fast Food Chains

By News Desk on September 16, 2015

Only Chipotle and Panera get an A grade on antibiotics policies and sourcing practices, and most other fast food chains fail, according to a report by the Friends of the Earth, Natural Resources Defense Council, Keep Antibiotics Working, Consumers Union, Center for Food Safety, and Food Animal Concerns Trust. Chick-fil-a…
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