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Healthier school lunches (at last)

School lunches have been a nutritional scandal for decades--remember when ketchup was declared a vegetable during Reagan’s administration?...

The food pyramid, which debuted in the early 1990s, may have seemed like a good idea at the time (though expert Marion Nestle tells us that...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's economic development roadshow stops in Solano County on Thursday for a countywide forum on economic issues...

by Mary Vincent The USDA sponsored an Agricultural Outlook Forum on 'Sustainable Agriculture: The Key to Health and Prosperity' February 18...

Petition Secretary Vilsack to stand up for organic family farmers and reject approval of GMO alfalfa by signing this Petition. Additional...

A collaborative event on May 5th - or Cinco de Mayo - the Strawberry and Justice Festival is a campus and student oriented free event to be held...

The United States has long been a top exporter of farm products, including those derived from animals, but this year those sales are forecast to...

As reported by Healthwise mad cow disease is a fatal disease that slowly destroys the brain and spinal cord in cattle. Mad cow disease is also is...

In response to the USDA’s claim, yesterday, that milk from the recently identified mad dairy cow poses no health threat, a skeptical examiner...

The USA again is starting to reap see some negative results because of improper agricultural practices:CBS News- ‎25 April 2012(CBS News) A cow...