"It would be nice if the Food and Drug Administration stopped issuing warnings about toxic substances and just gave me the names of one or two things still safe." -Robert Fuss If you are like me, you are a label reader! I like to cook, so I like to know what it is I am putting in my food, and what m...

In the wake of the recent salmonella outbreak related to peanuts, lawmakers are calling for a new federal agency to oversee food safety. Suggestions range from splitting the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) into two agencies to creating a new agency that would combine pieces from the different age...

It is hard enough to forecast the next year, much less the next ten years, but that is what USDA’s Economic Research Service has attempted to do with its latest Long Term Agricultural Projections report released last week. Not surprisingly, they expect prospects for the agricultural sector in ...

of a different kind in kansas, apparently... a woman who worked for the u.s. department of agriculture in kansas city, mo., is accused of running an online prostitution business through her government office computer. - sfgate...

Pay Attention to the seemingly less important Presidential Appointments. In the end Obama will be intimately involved in the details of our Foreign Policy and getting the economy started. So those appointees will be carrying out his specific will. But the picks for lower more technical positions are...

Pop quiz, USDA style The USDA has announced plans to begin random tests for melamine in kids’ foods, particularly those that contain meat and dairy products, throughout the US, to begin in two weeks and last for 12 weeks. (Hat tip to Civil Eater and aspiring farmer Naomi Starkman) Yes, we can ...

Dear President-elect Obama, After a long, hard and contentious campaign you’ve won the Presidency of the United States. Congratulations. Take a moment to enjoy your success. Ok, that was long enough. Now let’s down to business. You well know that you have a long hard road ahead of you, b...

.AND WHY DOESN'T ANYBODY KNOW? SHIT HAPPENS. DID IT HAPPEN ON OUR TOMATOES? The Real Question Is, How Can They Not Know? CDC Division of Foodborne, Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases Salmonellosis "Salmonella live in the intestinal tracts of humans and other animals, including birds. Salmonella are usua...

In Washington, the organizational chart helps bring order to chaos, sorting the many federal agencies of the vast bureaucracy into manageable boxes. Among some lawmakers who hold the purse strings, there is a belief that the U.S. Forest Service is out of place....

In Washington, the organizational chart helps bring order to chaos, sorting the many federal agencies of the vast bureaucracy into manageable boxes. Among some lawmakers who hold the purse strings, there is a belief that the U.S. Forest Service is out of place....