Food Politics

JANUARY 29, 2025

It has infected and, in the case of dairy herds and poultry flocks, mass culling: Wild birds Domestic Chickens Domestic Turkeys Domestic Ducks Dairy cattle Raw milk Wild and captive mammals Pet dogs and cats People What is the government doing? As for its effects on the food system? Higher prices, for sure: Egg Prices Are High.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Photo credit: USDA The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has promoted the sale of foods locally for over two decades via business and community investments made by Value-Added Producer Grants , Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Grants , and most recently Regional Food System Partnership grants.

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Civil Eats

MARCH 11, 2025

Theyve got their eyes on one: the food system.” Theyve got their eyes on one: the food system. The food system is responsible for an estimated one-third of all greenhouse gas emissions driving this crisis. One key reason: the industrial food chain and its ultra-processed foods are deeply dependent on fossil fuels.

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Food Politics

DECEMBER 2, 2024

READ MORE While the White House pushed for a response focused on public health, the USDA and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which share jurisdiction over the production, transportation, and storage of eggs, seemed more concerned with protecting the interests of the dairy industry. Nowhere is this more evident than at USDA.

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Real Agriculture

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Host Shaun Haney is then joined by Kelvin Heppner and Lyndsey Smith, both of RealAgriculture and Tyler McCann with Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute (CAPI) for the RealAg Issues Panel! Hear the Beef Market Update with Anne Wasko of the Gateway Livestock Exchange. Hear the Beef Market Update with Anne Wasko of the Gateway Livestock Exchange.

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Real Agriculture

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Trade-focused agri-food industries are hailing the successful conclusion of negotiations of the Canada-Indonesia Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA), announced by the Prime Minister’s Office November 15.

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Real Agriculture

JANUARY 28, 2025

The fund, along with other Agriculture and Agri-Food Read More The federal governments On-Farm Climate Action Fund (OFCAF) is poised to run for at least another three years with $300 million in federal funding. The fund, along with other Agriculture and Agri-Food Read More

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Agricultural Biodiversity

MARCH 26, 2024

Portugal eschews llamas for an ancient cattle breed. And the best way to frame all of the above is that the World Economic Forum wants governments to ban people from growing their own food because that causes climate change. And more along the same lines from Odisha. Llamas were an opportunity for lots of people down the ages.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

The world is increasingly recognizing the value of sustainable food systems, and organic agriculture plays a vital role in this movement. This translates to healthier food and a healthier environment and reduces reliance on synthetic fertilizers and pesticides. For the FY25 budget, NIFA is suggested a $3.5

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Food Politics

MARCH 7, 2024

Over the past eight years, the American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture (AFBFA) has produced industry-backed lesson plans, learning resources, in-person events, and webinars as part of a program to boost the cattle industry’s reputation. What is the AFBFA? What does this program teach? Again, this is a USDA-sponsored checkoff program.

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Real Agriculture

MARCH 26, 2024

A mysterious illness affecting older dairy cows in the southern U.S. appears to be caused by the same virus that has infected millions of domestic and wild birds over the past few years. On Monday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said milk samples from sick animals on two dairy farms in Kansas and one in. Read More

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Agricultural Biodiversity

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Farming cattle in the tropics: Transnational science and industrializing pastures in Brazil. Genomic diversity and relationship analyses of endangered German Black Pied cattle (DSN) to 68 other taurine breeds based on whole-genome sequencing. Priority areas for investment in more sustainable and climate-resilient livestock systems.

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Agricultural Biodiversity

MARCH 11, 2024

Agricultural commercialisation among women smallholder farmers in Nigeria: Implication for food security. An Appropriate Genetic Approach to Endangered Podolian Grey Cattle in the Context of Preserving Biodiversity and Sustainable Conservation of Genetic Resources. Over a thousand accessions that will be just fine.

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Food Politics

JULY 18, 2024

The self-protective reaction According to Food Safety News , the Florida Department of Agriculture (FDOA) called the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) tracing of a Salmonella outbreak to a local cucumber grower “at best inaccurate, and at worst misleading.” appeared first on Food Politics by Marion Nestle.

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Food Politics

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Percent of farmland used for oilseeds or grains: 32% Percent of farmland used for beef cattle: 40% Average age of farmers: 58.1 (up If you want to know about food for people , you can looik at Table 36. We should not be growing food crops to produce automobile fuel. Farms with sales of $50,000 or less: 1.4 Highlights are here.

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Food Politics

JUNE 19, 2024

101 herds of dairy cattle. The epidemiological fear, of course, is the more cattle affected, the more the virus can mutate (sound familiar?). Also The industry-fun Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST) is doing a webinar , Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) and Its Impact on Food Production Industries.

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Food Politics

JUNE 19, 2024

For example, there is a Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO) with more than 80,000 head of cattle and an associated compost operation in proximity to some of the produce production areas studied. [ Here is food safety lawyer Bill Marler’s comment. What a surprise ]. The investigation’s findings “STEC [Shiga toxin-producing E.

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AgWeb Farm Journal

MAY 3, 2024

The cattle markets breathed a sigh of relief after USDA announced negative test results for H5N1 in ground beef. And a former USDA Under Secretary for Food Safety says is unlikely to be found in beef in the future.

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Food Tank

JANUARY 10, 2025

A version of this piece was featured in Food Tanks newsletter, released weekly on Thursdays. Growing season is still a few months away herebut with exciting festivals like Sundance and SXSW taking place in this first part of the year,lets think about this time as the season of food and environmental storytelling!

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NASDA

JUNE 6, 2024

Letter Dear Secretary Vilsack, We appreciate the ongoing efforts of your agency to respond to the outbreak of H5N1 in dairy cattle, especially the opportunity to regularly meet with you and your team to share information and concerns. We implore the agency to release guidance and financial support to dairy cattle auction barns and markets.

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Modern Farmer

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

The videos cover everything from dealing with his cattle and daily chores to advice for aspiring small farmers hoping to avoid burnout—many of whom leave comments thanking Larson for the tips. One way Larson did this is by finding breeds with great marketing stories behind them, such as Dexter cattle. Pete Larson on his farm.

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Droughts, heatwaves, wildfires, hurricanes, and flooding brought on by climate change all have a massive impact on the food system. Farmers are having to adjust what they grow and how they grow it, and people all along the food chainfrom the workers who harvest the crops to the consumers who eat themfeel the effects.

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West Texas Livestock

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

When it comes to feeding cattle, most people focus on protein, energy, and minerals, but roughages are just as important. They are a crucial component in ensuring a balanced diet for cattle. Without enough roughage, a cow’s digestive systemspecifically the rumencan’t function properly.

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Real Agriculture

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

This nutrient-dense sea vegetable is a great source of micronutrients and some farmers who feed it also make anecdotal claims, such as reduced incidence of pink eye and healthier cattle. Reports coming out of Australia showing a reduction in methane. Read More Kelp has been used by ranchers in coastal areas for decades as a feed additive.

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Modern Farmer

DECEMBER 11, 2024

My family has a cattle ranch, and I am sixth generation. Between three and four percent of new veterinary graduates pursue careers focusing on livestock or food systems. In 2022, more than 500 counties in the US were facing severe shortages of food animal veterinarians, some with no vet service at all.

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Modern Farmer

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Farmers helped build the country, and most of us depended on their products for the food we eat. Americans now eat fast food one to three times a week on average. Between 1998 and 2023, our reliance on imported food has tripled. Cathryn Kennedy, food operations manager at the North Smithfield, R.I. But times have changed.

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West Texas Livestock

MARCH 13, 2024

Providing a feed supplement to cattle that are grazing in certain areas is expected, and for good reason. Cattle often cannot get enough from just rangelands to meet their nutritional requirements. Food […] The post How to make the best cattle feed supplement plan possible appeared first on West Texas Livestock Growers.

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Modern Farmer

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

For Cory Carman, choosing to raise cattle outside of the feedlot system always seemed intuitive. Driving the I-5 between LA and San Francisco, I was like, ‘Oh, this is what people think cattle ranching is.’” Native grasses and herbs store carbon in the ground and provide forage for cattle.

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Caff

JANUARY 7, 2025

Selected from nominations from all over the state, these inspirational change-makers are blazing trails for regenerative agriculture, strengthening our local food systems, and working tirelessly to grow a healthier and more just future for us all.

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Food Politics

AUGUST 9, 2023

Poisoned, the food safety film featuring the lawyer, Bill Marler, is now available to watch on Netflix. After Netflix Poisoned – What would I do with a Food Safety Magic Wand? After Netflix Poisoned – What would I do with a Food Safety Magic Wand? So, what would I do with a Food Safety Magic Wand on day one?

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Food Tank

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

Food Tank’s Dispatch from the U.N. To make sure it lands straight in your inbox and to be among the first to receive it, subscribe to Food Tank’s newsletter now by clicking here. Add These To Your Calendar: 9:00AM–10:00AM @ the IICA Pavilion: Daily morning coffee series, with food/agriculture ministers and experts.

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Modern Farmer

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Catastrophe loomed everywhere I looked: in the dust bowls on the once-fertile plains of central Turkey, in the vanishing lakes of Mexico City, in the fetid cesspools outside the factory farms of North Carolina, in the disease-ravaged olive trees of Puglia, in the rapid wiping away of diverse food webs in every biome.

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Real Agriculture

APRIL 16, 2024

On this episode we will hear: Stewart Skinner, Ontario farmer, on housing and land development on Ontario farmland; Dr. Martin Appelt with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency on HPAI in cattle including surveillance, testing, and more; A clip from. Read More

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Food Politics

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

A study conducted by researchers and policy experts at George Washington University found 20% of cattle marketed as “raised without antibiotics” to have been treated with antibiotics. appeared first on Food Politics by Marion Nestle. This raises immediate questions about the antibiotic claim. Plenty of evidence suggests that many do.

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Food Tank

JANUARY 21, 2024

One of the biggest drivers for establishing Aleph Farms was to play meaningful roles in solving some of humanity’s biggest challenges, relating to food security, nature conservation, and climate action. Reducing food loss and food waste plays a major role in reaching such important goals. A recent report from the U.S.

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Farmbrite

JANUARY 23, 2025

Animal Feed Recipes for Chicken, Cattle, Sheep, Goat, and Pig Feed Raising livestock can be a rewarding experience, whether you're doing it for fun, food, or as a full-time agricultural business. Local byproducts from farms, mills, or food processors (like unsold produce, leftover grains, or pulp) can be repurposed as animal feed.

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Food Politics

APRIL 9, 2024

This has “spooked” cattle and dairy stock prices. appeared first on Food Politics by Marion Nestle. This is being attributed to contagion from migratory birds. But milking and herd transport may also be responsible. Bird flu has also spread to at least one person who worked with dairy cows. Masks and handwashing? Always a good idea.

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