Asian Development Bank8d
Agriculture and Food Security
To transform agriculture in the region, ADB builds partnerships across developing Asia, including the private sector, to tackle difficult challenges such as climate change, nutrition insecurity, and ...
AG Week20d
South Dakota's Lindberg nominated for Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agriculture Affairs at the USDA
He will lead the department's trade policy and foreign agriculture programs. “Luke was the driving force behind founding our organization and his impact on international trade here in South ...
Agri-Pulse20d
Luke Lindberg tapped for USDA trade undersecretary
President-elect Donald Trump has tapped Luke Lindberg to serve as the Agriculture Department ... has since 2022 led South Dakota Trade, an organization helping companies in the state with ...
Associated Press21d
USDA documented insects and slime at Boar’s Head plants, records show
Last May, one inspector documented “general filth” in a room at the Indiana plant. The U.S. Agriculture Department released the inspection records in response to Freedom of Information Act requests ...
KBIA21d
Non-profit offers accessible, but lesser known, alternative to organic certification
Started in 2002, the non-profit organization’s standards are modeled after the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Certified Organic Label, but they’re designed to give farmers a cheaper and more ...
CBS News21d
3 Boar's Head plants also had unsanitary conditions, including mold and insects, USDA says
The plants — located in New Castle, Indiana; Forrest City, Arkansas; and Peterburg, Virginia — were cited by the U.S. Department of Agriculture for issues such as mold on ceilings, floors and ...
IATP22d
Three questions for USDA nominee Brooke Rollins
The Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) plays an important role in what is grown in the United States, how it’s grown, who grows it and what the final product is. The ...
Alaska Public Media23d
USDA buys $50M worth of Alaska pollock
Pollock are transferred from a fishing boat into a processing plant in Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Islands, in January 2019. The U.S. Department of Agriculture will buy up to $50 million worth ...
USA Today24d
Unsanitary conditions led to deadly Boar's Head listeria outbreak, USDA report finds
Improved government oversight is needed, too, to prevent future outbreaks, the USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) said in the report. The FSIS review of the Boar's Head outbreak ...
WLRN24d
USDA report finds Boar's Head listeria outbreak was due to poor sanitation practices
A U.S. Department of Agriculture report has found that "inadequate sanitation practices" at a Boar's Head facility in Virginia contributed to a listeria outbreak that left 10 people dead and ...
Maine Public24d
USDA report finds Boar's Head listeria outbreak was due to poor sanitation practices
A U.S. Department of Agriculture report has found that "inadequate sanitation practices" at a Boar's Head facility in Virginia contributed to a listeria outbreak that left 10 people dead and dozens ...