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PA:State cultivates farm labor at Dover high school
York Daily News | Posted onOctober 13, 2016 in Agriculture NewsPennsylvania Department of Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding talks about the looming shortage of agriculture workers and his push to the next generation to consider jobs in agriculture.Brett Sholtis.
Calling food healthy doesn't really mean anything
Popular Science | Posted onOctober 12, 2016 in Food NewsAt the end of September, the agency announced that it would begin the process of redefining its official meaning of healthy, and would take into consideration public opinion. However, nutritional and medical experts as well as public health policy specialists say that the real root of the problem may actually be the word itself.
Bayer chief promises no Monsanto GM crops in Europe
The Local | Posted onOctober 12, 2016 in Agriculture NewsGerman chemicals firm Bayer said it would not introduce genetically modified crops in Europe after its gigantic takeover of US seed and pesticide producer Monsanto.
Farmers dealing with losses from hurricane
The Wilson Times | Posted onOctober 12, 2016 in Agriculture NewsWilson County farmer Gerald Tyner said right now his land is what can only be described as a big mess.
Believe it or not, the bees are doing just fine
The Washington Post | Posted onOctober 12, 2016 in Agriculture NewsYou've probably heard the bad news by now that bees were recently added to the endangered species list for the first time. But if you're part of the 60 percent of people who share stories without actually reading them, you might have missed an important detail: namely, that the newly endangered bees are a handful of relatively obscure species who live only in Hawaii. The bees you're more familiar with — the ones that buzz around your yard dipping into flowers, making honey, pollinating crops and generally keeping the world's food supply from collapsing?
ABC Tries to Slide Out of Pink Slime Lawsuit
Hoosier Ag Today | Posted onOctober 12, 2016 in Food NewsABC network, along with employees Diane Sawyer and Jim Avila, are asking a judge to dismiss a $1.2 billion defamation lawsuit regarding the network’s reporting on lean, finely textured, beef products. ABC had nicknamed the product “pink slime,” which Beef Products, Inc. claims led to significant losses. BPI filed the lawsuit in 2012 claiming the reporting led to the closure of three plants and roughly 700 layoffs. However, in the request for dismissal, ABC argues that the number of reports was driven primarily by questions from viewers.
Drug-Addiction Epidemic Creates Crisis in Foster Care
Pew Charitable Trust | Posted onOctober 12, 2016 in Rural NewsThe nation’s drug-addiction epidemic is driving a dramatic increase in the number of children entering foster care, forcing many states to take urgent steps to care for neglected children. Several states, such as New Hampshire and Vermont, have either changed laws to make it possible to pull children out of homes where parents are addicted, or have made room in the budget to hire more social workers to deal with the emerging crisis. Other states, such as Alaska, Kansas and Ohio, have issued emergency pleas for more people to become foster parents and take neglected children, many of them
New regulations of shale drilling take effect in Pennsylvania
Farm and Dairy | Posted onOctober 12, 2016 in Energy NewsNew Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) regulations on unconventional gas drillingtake effect Oct. 8. The new rules regulate unconventional drilling practices and hydraulic fracturing, as well as related activities. “These regulations are a long time in coming and have undergone one of the most transparent and participatory processes ever overseen by DEP,” said Acting DEP Secretary Patrick McDonnell.
AMS finds 'inappropriate conduct,' but no violations at American Egg Board
Agri-pulse | Posted onOctober 12, 2016 in Federal NewsA USDA review of the American Egg Board's activities found instances of “inappropriate conduct” on the part of AEB officials, but stops short of accusing them of violating the law governing the checkoff. The investigation was triggered in October 2015 after complaints of AEB misconduct relating to an eggless mayonnaise made by Hampton Creek Inc.
Why climate change divides us
Christian Science Monitor | Posted onOctober 12, 2016 in Energy NewsWhen it comes to global warming, the border between Weld and Larimer Counties might as well be a fault line. They are two quintessentially Colorado counties – Weld stretching eastward from the shadow of the Rockies onto the wide and empty skirts of the high plains, while Larimer gathers up the cities that cluster against the foot of the Rockies north of Denver. But their different character speaks to a broader divide nationwide. Weld voted for Mitt Romney in 2012; Larimer voted for President Obama.