FDA increases import restrictions on seafood, mushrooms, cat food
The Food and Drug Administration continues using import alerts to enforce U.S. food safety regulations for food from foreign countries. […]
The essential workers missing from the farm bill
This article was originally published by FERN with media partner Mother Jones. Farm work has long been among the most […]
The farm bill hall of shame
This article was originally published by FERN with media partner Mother Jones. The farm bill is among the most important […]
Detectores de humo que no funcionan, habitaciones llenas de moho y botiquines de primeros auxilios vacíos: las pésimas condiciones de vida que sufren los trabajadores agrícolas en todo el país
Read in English Proyecto financiado por Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. Sin detector de humo ni extinguidor de incendio ni […]
MPI told to improve food import supervision
The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) has been told by auditors to improve its oversight of food importers. The Auditor-General in […]
GRAPHIC: In most major pork states, large hog farms have gotten larger
Almost every top hog producing state has seen an increase in the number of pigs raised on large farms in […]
Oklahoma bill would shield poultry companies from lawsuits over chicken litter pollution
As Oklahoma wraps up a nearly 20-year lawsuit against several large poultry companies over chicken litter pollution in its eastern […]
Massachusetts’ Question 3 is Big Meat’s stand-in to kill California’s Prop 12
The Lindy effect is a statistical tendency suggesting the older a non-perishable item is, the longer it’s likely to be […]
‘A race to the bottom’: Indiana wetlands bill could affect Mississippi River, Great Lakes
Millions of acres of wetlands across the country lost protections that existed under the Clean Water Act after a U.S. […]
Dairy firm boss faces jail after deadly Listeria outbreak
The head of a dairy company behind a Listeria outbreak in Austria faces more than a year in prison. The […]