New Orleans is back.
Let me explain. The first trip I made here was in 2009, four years after Hurricane Katrina crippled the city by flooding 80 percent of the Big Easy.
My 2009 trip
natural disasters
USDA Offers Food Safety Tips for Emergencies
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With tsunami warnings and advisories issued for Hawaii and the U.S. West Coast, and heavy rains causing floods on the East Coast, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is providing
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Rice Farmers in Haiti Fear Cholera Contamination
By Helena Bottemiller on
The rice harvest in northwestern Haiti is likely to suffer over widespread fear among farmers about cholera contamination, the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization announced this week.
Haiti’s cholera outbreak, which has sickened almost 150,000
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Floodwaters Increase Cholera Deaths in Haiti
By Helena Bottemiller on
A Cholera outbreak continues to spread in earthquak-ravaged Haiti. Late last week, the Pan American Health Organization announced that the death toll in the outbreak has risen from 442 three days ago to 501, while
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Did Haiti Cholera Strain Originate in South Asia?
By Helena Bottemiller on
Public health authorities are furiously working to contain and understand the origins of a cholera outbreak in Haiti that has killed more than 300 people and hospitalized almost 5,000.
Monday, the U.S. Centers for Disease
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Is Flooding Cause for Food Safety Concerns?
By Michelle Greenhalgh on
After torrential downpour soaked their fields, some soybean farmers are being advised that they may have to destroy their crops as a food safety precaution.
At issue is a 2009 notice from the U.S. Food
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Food Safety for Hurricane Season
By Suzanne Schreck on
This week marks the beginning of hurricane season, and with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) predicting an “active to extremely active” season in the Atlantic Hurricane Basin, consumers need to prepare now to
Haitian Food Supply Vulnerable
By Norah Burton on
The aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti is a powerful example of how the breakdown of a nation’s local food system and its reliance on food imports has made international trade and subsidies necessary year-round
Food Safety In An Emergency
By Suzanne Schreck on
Winter is fast approaching, and we never know what Mother Nature has in store for us. It is therefore important to know how to keep food safe during a flood, power outage, or other emergency.