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Clinton or Trump; pesticides or cancer
Meatingplace (registration required) | Posted onSeptember 27, 2016 in Food NewsLiberals and conservatives don’t only disagree on presidential candidates; they also differ on their views about food, according to the International Food Information Council Foundation’s 2016 Food and Health Survey: Consumer Attitudes Toward Food Safety, Nutrition & Health. The survey shows while more liberals (38 percent) name pesticides as their top food safety concern, more conservatives (40 percent) are most concerned about cancer-causing chemicals in food.
Adams Farm Slaughterhouse Recalls Beef, Veal, And Bison Products Due To Possible E. Coli O157:H7 Adulteration
USDA | Posted onSeptember 27, 2016 in Food NewsAdams Farm Slaughterhouse, LLC, an Athol, Mass., establishment, is recalling beef, veal, and Bison products that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.
Millions in US climb out of poverty, at long last
The New York Times | Posted onSeptember 27, 2016 in Rural NewsNot that long ago, Alex Caicedo was stuck working a series of odd jobs and watching his 1984 Chevy Nova cough its last breaths. He could make $21 an hour at the Johnny Rockets food stand at FedEx Field when the Washington Redskins were playing but work was spotty Today, Mr. Caicedo is an assistant manager at a pizzeria with an annula salary of $40,000 and health benefits. The Caicedos are among the 3.5 million Americans who were able to raise above the poverty line last year according to census data.
Bayer faces backlash in Germany as lawmakers condemn Monsanto deal
St Louis Today | Posted onSeptember 26, 2016 in Federal NewsGerman lawmakers called on regulators to curb Bayer’s $66 billion takeover of U.S. seed giant Monsanto in a skepticism-laced parliamentary session that highlights the backlash to the deal Bayer faces in its home market. The debate Wednesday in the lower house of parliament, called by the opposition Green Party, laid bare the depth of resistance to Bayer’s buying a U.S. company that many Germans view as a champion of genetically modified crops and a weedkiller they believe might cause cancer.
Canada, China to start free trade talks, explore extradition treaty
Reuters | Posted onSeptember 26, 2016 in NewsCanada and China said on Thursday they will launch exploratory talks on a free trade agreement and explore a possible extradition treaty for Chinese fugitives from Canada, even as they announced agreements on beef and canola exports to China. Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told reporters the trade and extradition treaty talks were part of their goal to improve the relationship between the two countries, though Trudeau is already under fire from human rights activists for considering an extradition treaty.
Wildfire rehab in Idaho, Oregon includes fall herbicide
SFGate | Posted onSeptember 26, 2016 in Rural NewsThe federal government's 5-year, $67 million rehabilitation effort following a 2015 rangeland wildfire in southwest Idaho and southeast Oregon is entering its second year with another round of herbicide applications combined with plantings of native species. The U.S. Bureau of Land Managementhas started applying the herbicide Imazapic on federal lands to knock out invasive weeds in Oregon and will begin in Idaho in October, officials said.
Farmworker groups ask EPA to ban Dursban, Lorsban
My Palm Beach Post | Posted onSeptember 26, 2016 in Agriculture NewsA nationwide coalition of farmworker and community health groups, including the Farmworker Association of Florida, Thursday petitioned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to immediately ban the pesticide chlorpyrifos, sold under the brand names Dursban and Lorsban, because it harms workers and their families. Jeannie Economos, pesticide safety and environmental health project coordinator at the Farmworker Association of Florida, said a class of pesticides known as chlorphyrifos is widely used in Florida agriculture on nursery plants and vegetable crops.
Urbandale to teen's bees: Buzz off
Des Moines Register | Posted onSeptember 26, 2016 in Agriculture NewsClare Heinrich became fascinated by honeybees after hearing a presentation at the 2015 Iowa State Fair. She earned a scholarship from the Iowa Honey Producers Association to take three months of classes to learn more. “I know they are important pollinators, and they are disappearing,” said Heinrich, who plans to study environmental science in college.
Where and how climate change is altering species
Science Daily | Posted onSeptember 26, 2016 in Agriculture NewsNew research published in the journal Nature Climate Change by researchers at Aarhus University in Denmark and the University of Wisconsin-Madison illuminates where and why novel species combinations are likely to emerge due to recent changes in temperature and precipitation. The study includes global maps of novelty that offer testable predictions and carry important implications for conservation and land management planning.
New Podcasts Offer Agricultural Insights
Michigan Government | Posted onSeptember 26, 2016 in Agriculture NewsThe Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development recently launched a new podcast series that offers insights into some of the state’s hottest topics in food and agriculture and other issues the department is addressing on behalf of Michiganders. The first round of podcasts included such topics as bovine tuberculosis, credit card skimmers, migrant labor and the federal H2A program, as well as the first international trade mission to China this year for MDARD Director Jamie Clover Adams, which laid the groundwork for an upcoming mission in November that will also include a number