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As people grow more and more skeptical about how our food is handled and raised, many are turning to self-sufficient means of providing food for themselves.  Raising chickens for eggs has become one way for many, even those living in ...

Most people don’t know and may not even care where their food actually comes from. You may imagine a peaceful farm where the animals quietly graze in lush pastures and are comfortably nestled in warm stalls with fresh water and ...

The spices in your kitchen cabinet could make your family very sick. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has discovered that imported spices were twice as likely to be contaminated with salmonella bacteria as other kinds of food. The ...

The salmonella outbreak traced back to three Foster Farms chicken plants include a strain that is resistant to antibiotics, and some are blaming the heavy usage of antibiotics in the industry. The salmonella pathogen is reportedly resistant to the same ...

In its efforts to ensure the safety of food, the US government may actually be ignoring the real problem while shutting down small organic farms. So says the Cornucopia Institute, a Wisconsin-based farm policy research group which released a 16-page ...

Chicken has been hailed as the ideal source for dietary protein because of its comparatively low fat content. When other meat sources like beef and pork got pushed off our dinner plates labeled as red meat, the demand for chicken ...

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 ...

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 ...

All chickens will be raised indoors, if the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has its way. The federal agency is now targeting pastured poultry, free-range chickens — and even the eggs the hens produce. Owners of small farms seem ...

The recent scare over contaminated, salmonella-containing eggs has many folks wondering if there’s any way to protect ourselves from the bacteria that can get into our foods. It seems every year there’s several mass recalls of everything ranging from fruits ...