The USDA is framing changes to federal food assistance as a return to the original intent of the SNAP program and preventing dependency on government assistance. On December 4 the United States Department of Agriculture ...
This potential scandal is so large, it’s hard to fully comprehend what the implications may be. A major but largely glossed over report by the Environmental Working Group (EWG), an environmental and public health nonprofit ...
While USDA inspectors will still be present at every plant, the agency estimates that there will be as much as a 40% decrease in inspectors at some facilities. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) changed ...
“According to the 2015 guidelines that are currently in force, poor diet and lack of exercise are likely related to preventable chronic disease in nearly 120 million American adults, including Type 2 diabetes, heart disease, ...
“I doubt anything can be done to overturn the EPA actions at this point, at least not quickly. The administration has demonstrated it has no respect for scientific conclusions, court orders, or public demands for ...
“The number of honey bee hives in the U.S. dropped from about six million in 1947 to just 2.4 million in 2008, with 2018 being the worst year on record for hive loss.” (Beyond Pesticides) ...
An animal cruelty report from Direct Action Everywhere exposed systemic dog abuse at a breeding facility that supplies dogs for animal testing. An investigation by animal rights activists exposed severe instances of animal cruelty at ...
(Beyond Pesticides) A plan announced earlier this month by Agriculture Secretary, Sonny Perdue, to relocate one of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) top research office — the Economic Research Service — into the Office of ...
Hawaii has banned the use of the pesticide chlorpyrifos, becoming the first U.S. state to do so, thanks to pressure from a multi-year grassroots campaign. The movement sprung out of growing health concerns for children ...
President Donald Trump has nominated Scott Hutchins to become the chief scientist at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Hutchins was a former executive at the crop protection division of the Dow Chemical Company (DCC). ...
The United States Wildlife Services reported killing 1,320,075 non-invasive animals and freeing/dispersing 11,673,485 non-invasive animals in 2017 according to its Program Data Report G-2017 and as reported on TreeHugger. The agency also reported killing 987,047 invasive ...
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Congress wants to spend millions peddling corporate talking points on GMOs. (OtherWords) While Congress hasn’t accomplished much in 2017, it did manage to pass a budget resolution — and within that budget, a sum of ...