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By Christopher Doering WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Cattle too sick or injured to walk will be banned from entering U.S. slaughterhouses, the Agriculture Department said on Tuesday, a change that comes months after the largest meat recall in American history. The USDA said a total ban on so-called...
The European Commission on Tuesday presented plans to shake up the way the EU gives tens of billions of euros in handouts to farmers and scrap decades-old rules limiting how much farmers can grow — part of efforts to bolster Europe's production amid global food shortages.
Flats of broccoli, cabbage and onions are ready for planting at Boistfort Valley Farm, where just five months ago, much of Mike Peroni's farm was buried under a foot of mud. Peroni, like dozens of farmers affected by the massive floods that swept through southwestern Washington in December, is...
The farm bill evokes pastoral images in remote parts of the country.But the $307 billion spending plan passed last week contains money earmarked for even the most urban of counties -- including Mecklenburg County.The bill includes a $10.3 billion increase for nutrition programs, including food...
Big Fish Games has announced that Laurent de Segur has now been promoted from Vice President of Technology to CEO of the casual games company. de Segur brings more than 20 years of experience in the game and software industries to Big Fish Games, creating products ranging from single-user...
A top World Bank official warned Tuesday that global poverty levels could surge over the next three years due to rising food costs and predicted no letdown in the price of rice. Already, rising food and fuel prices over the past two years have pushed some 100 million people back into poverty,...
By Alister Doyle, Environment Correspondent OSLO (Reuters) - The study, by the Global Invasive Species Programme (GISP), urged governments to do more to assess 32 aggressive species such as giant reeds from West Asia or European poplar trees that can escape beyond biofuel farms and plantations....
I was interviewing one of the most liberal Democrats in the House of Representatives, Representative Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), when suddenly he surprised me by saying, “I hope the President vetoes the farm bill and if he does I’ll try to round up votes on my side of the aisle to sustain the veto.”...
NEW YORK, May 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Bion Environmental Technologies, Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: BNET) announced today that it has received confirmation from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) that it has approved Bion's nutrient credit calculation protocol.
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. --(Business Wire)-- FoodlogiQ and Smart Online, the companies that developed the National Food Safety System to help reduce the number of food recalls and to pinpoint the exact source in the event of food contamination, want to help limit additional beef recalls due...
