CDC: Infection possible for those who work with HPAI birds
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) this month issued a health advisory for people "with close or prolonged unprotected contact with infected birds or contaminated environments" to be alert to the possibility of human infection from highly pathogenic avian influenza, or HPAI.
Chronic wasting disease in deer a dire threat to Michigan
It may be a while before we feel the ripples – and we hope we never will – but Michigan’s suffered a severe blow this week. For the first time in the state, a free-ranging deer was found to be suffering from chronic wasting disease.
Rep. DeLauro defends COOL at a House speech last week
U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.), a member of the subcommittee responsible for funding the USDA, on June 10 spoke on the floor of the House of Representatives in opposition to legislation that would deny consumers information about the origin of their meat and poultry.
Going local is the new food craze. Restaurants are listing where they source their food, retailers are setting up sections of locally produced products, and some food zealots are pushing the all local diet.
As daylight faded, the growing, mid-August thunderstorm chased us eastward across the Kansas plains. In the rearview mirror, it looked like something out of the Wizard of Oz, a rolling mass of perfect fury.
Indiana’s Bell Aquaculture facing court judgments from suppliers
Bell Aquaculture, a fish farm in central Indiana, was ordered to pay more than $200,000 in court judgments to suppliers that claimed the company owes them money.
Nitrate runoff turns up in Ohio city’s drinking water
Hard rains north of Columbus just after the corn was planted likely washed nitrogen off farm fields and into the Scioto River. It moved downstream to Columbus.
