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The government shutdown is far more than irritating political theater — it’s now posing a threat to the safety of America’s food. Food inspectors and the scientists that track down infectious diseases are among the federal employees that are being ...

Beekeepers and citrus growers in Florida are butting heads over the use of pesticides. The reason: The increased usage of pesticides may be contributing to millions of bee deaths each year. Citrus growers, though, say they need the pesticides to ...

The disturbing news that LFTB, or the pink slime, is all set to return to school lunches in seven states this year has sent a shockwave through the nation. The furor over this issue last year had just about died ...

Monarch butterflies are experiencing the worst population declines since record-keeping began two decades ago, and GMO products and herbicides could be to blame. Scientists and environmental professionals tasked with monitoring the species had hoped that during overwintering in Mexico, the ...

The Colorado cantaloupe farmers allegedly responsible in a fatal listeria outbreak that killed 33 and caused hundreds to get sick have been charged in federal court. Ryan Jensen, 33, and Eric Jensen, 37 pleaded not guilty Sept. 26 to six ...

Organic farmers and opponents of GMO crops scored a big victory Tuesday when US Senate leaders announced they would let the so-called Monsanto Protection Act expire at the end of the month and not work to renew it. Under the ...

The pro-vegetarian scene is heating up with the arrival of the egg substitute Beyond Eggs. It is made from a host of plants including sorghum, peas and beans, and is designed to taste and feel exactly like real eggs. Well, ...

Very quietly, and without a peep from the mainstream media, the United States has made it possible for chicken to be processed in China and then sold to you here in America – without a label identifying it as “processed ...

Monsanto seed patents are being vocally opposed by a group of farmers and advocacy organizations in an appeal to the US Supreme Court. The 73 various organizations and individual farmers filed a lawsuit in 2011 against the biotech giant to ...

Genetically modified alfalfa has been confirmed on a Washington State farm where GMO alfalfa supposedly was not planted, and where the hay farmer did not want such a crop. The Washington Department of Agriculture – the USDA branch — is ...