Part two of a three part discussion with Harry Hamil, founder of North Carolina’s Black Mountain Farmers Market, on how he would change the Senate food safety bill to
Part one of a three part discussion with Harry Hamil, founder of North Carolina’s Black Mountain Farmers Market, on how he would change the Senate food safety bill to
Congressional staff heard from a panel of experts yesterday on the public health hazards of Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFO) and the increase in antibiotic-resistant pathogens, two public health issues
The Center for Food Safety (CFS) and the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) filed a petition with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration last week calling for
Monsanto has dropped its push for approval from European regulators on two types of “second generation” genetically modified seeds.
The company informed the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) that it
Genetically engineered (GE) crops have experienced a staggering increase in their use of weed-killing pesticides, leading to increased herbicide-resistant weeds, environmental degradation, and chemical residues on foods according to a
Monday the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee released Chairman Tom Harkin’s (D-IA) draft markup of the pending S. 510, the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, which
According to a report released by the United Nations (UN) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) this week, climate change may exacerbate a wide variety of global food safety issues, ranging
Poultry litter is a fancy term for a mix of feces, sawdust, feathers, spilled feed, and other waste that might result from raising chickens and turkeys.
The byproduct, which is
From all corners of the Olympic Peninsula, WA, and via ferry from Seattle, farmers, foodies, and friends traveled to share the bounty of the summer harvest. Talkers came in the
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack outlined key USDA policies and heard loud concerns from dairy farmers during a visit to an agricultural center near Modesto, California today. Secretary Vilsack’s rural