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A California mother plans to sue a dairy farm after feeding her children raw milk sickened her 6-year-old daughter and twins
Dozens of salmonella illnesses have been linked to raw milk from a California farm, a far wider outbreak than previously…
Florida farmers turn to an ancient tree from India as the state’s once-famous citrus industry dries up
An ancient tree from India is now thriving in groves where citrus trees once flourished in Florida, and could help…
Fast-food breakfast sandwich loyalists be warned: It might be best not to put all your eggs in one basket. McDonald’s…
U.S. government will pay Moderna $176 million to develop a bird flu vaccine to stave off dairy cow epidemic
The U.S. government will pay the vaccine maker Moderna $176 million to develop a pandemic vaccine that could be used…
Manure dumping farmers and far right extremists made Western Europe less liveable last year
Western Europe, historically the most liveable region in the world, has taken a hit to its reputation this year amid…
Tides turn for seafood—more fish were farm-raised than caught in the wild for the first time ever
The total global volume of fish, shrimp, clams and other aquatic animals that are harvested by farming has topped the…
More than 90 million chickens have died in the bird flu outbreak, with an Iowa egg farm the latest to test positive
More than 4 million chickens in Iowa will have to be killed after a case of the highly pathogenic bird…
Vermont’s Republican Gov. Phil Scott has vetoed a bill to severely restrict a type of pesticide that’s toxic to bees…
Driver arrested and charged with DUI-manslaughter in crash that killed 8 and injured 40
The Florida Highway Patrol has arrested the driver of a pickup truck that crashed into a farmworker bus early Tuesday,…
Florida’s migrant farming community jolted by bus crash that kills 8, injures dozens more
A bus carrying farmworkers collided with a pickup truck and overturned in central Florida on Tuesday, killing eight people and…