OWASSO, Okla. — National Steak and Poultry is voluntarily recalling about 248,000 pounds of beef it said might be contaminated with a strain of E. c...
Dave Murphy | Posted 12.18.2009 | Politics
How is it that the U.S. can put a man on the moon, but can't seem to feed its children school lunches that are no healthier than the food served at McDonald's or Jack in the Box?
Rebecca Gerendasy | Posted 12.11.2009 | Green
This is the second installment of an ongoing series titled Seeds of Life. Frank Morton, an organic seed breeder from Philomath, Oregon, shares his concerns over the threat of contamination.
Hemi Weingarten | Posted 12.10.2009 | Living
Is it strawberry ice cream? Pre-processed plastic foam? Is it possible that it's chicken? For the squeamish among us, avoid this all too enlightening exploration of enigma edibles.
treehugger.com | Posted 12.02.2009 | Green
PETA is one of the most controversial activist groups operating today. The group's contentious media campaigns, undercover operations, infamous advert...
AP | HENRY C. JACKSON | Posted 11.24.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — With more Americans going hungry than ever before, the Agriculture Department is concerned that dozens of states aren't adequately ...
Sarah Newman | Posted 11.16.2009 | Impact
The latest government report on poverty suggesting that U.S. hunger problem lies at least partly in wages, not just an absence of work. This begs the question, how are these people surviving?
David Becker | Posted 11.16.2009 | Impact
A USDA report released Monday found the highest rate of food insecurity in 13 years. Almost one in six American households, or 17 million households, are food insecure.
David Kirby | Posted 11.11.2009 | Green
Are animal factories here to stay? Whatever the Obama team decides to do -- or not do -- could have a huge impact on the way we raise food animals in America for decades to come.
David Kirby | Posted 11.10.2009 | Living
If elected, Obama promised, he would convene a major national summit on rural issues within 100 days of taking office. Across the country, rural activists held their breath.
Samuel S. Epstein | Posted 11.06.2009 | Living
Increased levels of sex hormones in U.S. beef are linked to the escalating incidence of reproductive cancers in the U.S. since 1975.
David Kirby | Posted 11.05.2009 | Living
Though it would appear that people can infect pigs with H1N1, it is not clear whether live pigs can infect people. For now, officials are far more worried about the former than the latter.
Paula Crossfield | Posted 11.03.2009 | Green
A year after Obama's election, advocates hoping for deep improvements in our food system can point to only a few successes, while other policies that could lead to food insecurity are brewing in back rooms.
AP | LINDSEY TANNER | Posted 11.02.2009 | Politics
CHICAGO — Nearly half of all U.S. children and 90 percent of black youngsters will be on food stamps at some point during childhood, and fallout...
AP | BEN DOBBIN | Posted 11.02.2009 | Business
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Contaminated fresh ground beef caused a possible E. coli outbreak that killed two people and sent 16 others to hospitals, fede...
Sarah Newman | Posted 10.29.2009 | Green
It's disappointing that the Obama Administration is not providing the visionary leadership on agriculture, like it is in some many other policy areas.
Rebecca Gerendasy | Posted 10.30.2009 | Green
According to the latest (2007) USDA Census data compiled by the National Agriculture Statistics Service, roughly 4 million family farms have been lost since the 1930's.
Wayne Pacelle | Posted 10.26.2009 | Green
The public no longer wants a combination of financial bailouts and government deregulation. But Congress and the U.S.D.A. never seem to have gotten the memo when it comes to Big Agribusiness, especially the pork industry.
David Becker | Posted 10.24.2009 | Green
"President Obama has pledged to end childhood hunger by 2015." Talk about an ambitious goal!
DailyFinance | Dan Burrows | Posted 10.15.2009 | Business
If there's any silver lining to a recession -- albeit a thin one -- it's that consumer prices typically go down. Make no mistake, deflation is a sign ...
Jeffrey Smith | Posted 10.14.2009 | Green
It is clear to the experts that the current generation of GMOs do not live up to the hype continuously broadcast by biotech companies and their promotional East Coast wing--the federal government.
Paula Crossfield | Posted 10.07.2009 | Green
Rachel Maddow continues her work pulling back the layers of American politics to expose underhanded and manipulative lobbying tactics to the public.
The New York Times | Michael Moss | Posted 12.03.2009 | Green
Stephanie Smith, a children's dance instructor, thought she had a stomach virus. The aches and cramping were tolerable that firstday, and she finished...
Colorado Daily. | Colorado Daily | Posted 11.22.2009 | Home
A federal judge has overturned USDA approval of the genetically engineered sugar beets that caused an uproar in Boulder County earlier this year....
Daily Camera | Daily Camera | Posted 11.22.2009 | Home
A federal judge has overturned USDA approval of the genetically engineered sugar beets that caused an uproar in Boulder County earlier this year....
AP | Posted 12.29.2009 | Denver