French farmers are once again erupting in mass protests as anger grows over the EU’s Mercosur trade agreement. The deal is seen as another blow to Europe’s heavily regulated agricultural sector, deepening unrest ahead of key elections.
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Bayer lost an early fight to secure legal immunity for pesticide makers after Congress stripped a controversial provision from a funding bill. Activists warn the battle is far from over as the issue heads to the Supreme Court and state legislatures.
A Cuban woman who fled communism to Costa Rica was overwhelmed after seeing a farmers market filled with food she had never seen in her lifetime. Her reaction offers a stark reminder of the human cost of socialist policies.
Although cocaine is consumed in every part of the world, its base, the coca plant, is mainly cultivated in three Latin American countries: Peru, Bolivia and Colombia.
Farmers in France protested the planned vaccination of one million head of cattle against lumpy skin disease, blocking highways and dumping manure near public buildings.
“A methane vaccine for ruminant animals is internationally recognised as the ‘holy grail’ to deliver methane reduction at low cost and mass scale,” said one…
By DEE-ANN DURBIN CHELSEA, Mich. (AP) — Old Brick Farm, where Larry Doll raises chickens, turkeys and ducks, was fortunate this Thanksgiving season. Doll’s small farm west…
By Analysis by The Big Story podcast Would you want to know if the food you were eating came from a cloned animal? New Health…
By AFP Editor America’s independent cattle ranchers are vanishing at an alarming rate, and the consequences extend far beyond rural communities. According to R-CALF USA…
By The WinePress In July, The WinePress reported that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the nation’s fifth fake meat company called Believer Meats,…
By The WinePress Faux meat is not going away and is primed to make its way onto Canadian grocery store shelves; and they will not…
by Sentient Media By Jessica Scott-Reid American consumers are expected to spend over $13 billion on chocolate and other types of candy for Halloween this year, but even…
By MORGAN LEE and SEJAL GOVINDARAO Six people who died at a Colorado dairy farm this summer were exposed to hydrogen sulfide gas, authorities said Thursday. The Weld…
By Candace Hathaway China resumes buying soybeans from US farmers. President Donald Trump announced that the United States has reached a deal with China to…
By Stacy Robinson Two federal judges on Oct. 31 said the U.S. Department of Agriculture is legally required to use emergency funds to pay out…
Lab-engineered “Frankenstein” virus makes animals contagious for weeks, putting humans at risk and raising informed consent concerns. By Jon Fleetwood The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s…
By U.S. Department of Agriculture The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) will begin its annual distribution of RABORAL V-RG®,…
By Merinda Teller, MPH, PhD BUILDING VITALITY: IT STARTS WITH THE SOIL In the twenty-first-century news feed, toxic chemicals apparently make for “sexy” headlines. These…