Andy Bary is a soil scientist who manages the organic farm at Washington State University’s Puyallup research station south of Seattle.
Although the farm is primarily used for research,
Number six in our top stories of 2010 countdown is the seizure of raw-milk cheese that attracted national interest:
As 2010 dawned, Estrella Family Creamery in southwest Washington state was
Sen. Kay Hagan (D-NC) emphasized her support for small farmers Monday at the 75th annual convention of the North Carolina Farm Bureau in Greensboro, NC.
“Whether it’s our large
The Gulf seafood story, which began with the April 20 explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil platform and subsequent spill of BP’s oil, is ending 2010 on a decidedly
“Wash your paws, Georgia!” This directive jumps out in bold orange writing at the top of a poster designed by the University of Georgia’s Cooperative Extension program.
None other
As part of our ongoing expert Q&A series, a conversation with Bob Whitaker, the Produce Marketing Association’s Chief Science Officer:
After working with Congress to get comprehensive
At its height, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) closure of Gulf of Mexico waters to fishing covered an area larger than the State of Minnesota.
Now at just
California’s annual quarantine on sport-harveted ocean mussels ended at midnight Oct. 31, the California Department of Health (CDPH) announced.
A sampling of mussels confirmed that shellfish-borne paralytic shellfish poisoning
Ted Turner’s 4,600 head of Bison on his Flying D Ranch has a Brucellosis problem, according to the Montana State Veterinarian.
The bacteria disease has been absent from
Some restaurants never recover from a run-in with E. coli O157:H7.
Peppa’s Korean Barbeque on King Street is Honolulu is the latest example of a restaurant failing several
With the 2010 hunting season under way, the Michigan Departments of Agriculture (MDA) and Natural Resources (DNRE) have issued a press release reminding hunters and retail food establishments to follow
The National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition has pushed back against an effort to modify a food safety amendment that aims to lessen the regulatory impact on small-scale farms and food facilities.