By Christine on March 20, 2017 Normally I’m a pretty healthy person, but this last summer my health took a nose dive. I went to my regular doctor and they ran all of the usual tests. I was told I was low in Vitamin D (really, really low), and low in Vitamin B. Nothing else…
By Katherine Paul / AlterNet March 17, 2017 Two new reports issue scathing indictments of U.S. and global regulatory systems in collusion with chemical companies. “How could we have ever believed that it is a good idea to grow our food with poisons?” —Dr. Jane Goodall Two new reports published in recent weeks add to…
10:55 am – March 18, 2017 Authorities in Brazil have suspended over 30 government officials in response to allegations that some of the country’s biggest meat processors have been “selling rotten beef and poultry for years”, according to the reports from the BBC this morning. The BBC has said that “three meat processing plants have…
By Associated Press 18 March 2017 • 12:51am Two big Brazilian meatpackers bribed inspectors to keep rotten meat on the market, police charged on Friday in issuing dozens of arrest warrants, while a judge accused the Agriculture Ministry of betraying the country. Part of the money allegedly paid by meatpackers JBS and BRF was channelled…
Mar 17, 2017 Largest ever search-and-raid operation in alleged food fraud investigation launched by Brazilian police. Dozens of meat processors officers were searched by Brazilian federal police last Friday, including pork and poultry processors JBS S.A. and BRF S.A. A two-year investigation into alleged bribery of regulators to subvert plant inspections lead to 194 raids…
by Kevin Drum | Mar. 15, 2016 2:04 PM David Dayen brings hope to my withered soul. A few days ago he described a Senate hearing that seemingly brought both liberals and conservatives together on a subject close to my heart: antitrust law. “The fact that both parties want the government to stop monopolies,” he…
Nebraska ag officials want beef produced in the state to be labeled By Barbara Soderlin / World-Herald staff writer 3.16.17 KEARNEY, Neb. — Would you pay more for a steak if you knew it came from Nebraska? State ag officials believe consumers will, potentially boosting the value of cattle for ranchers and feedlots here. They’re…
Washington lawmaker not on board with hiking beef checkoff Published on March 11, 2017 3:37PM Last changed on March 13, 2017 11:03AM Don Jenkins/Capital Press Washington state Rep. Tom Dent, R-Moses Lake, says he doubts a proposal to double the Beef Commission’s budget will pass the House. OLYMPIA — A proposal to double the Washington…
by Joe Fassler | March 9th , 2017 How the bitter debate over a producer-funded organic “checkoff” program reveals a movement’s growing pains—and the fault lines of American agriculture The history of the organic movement has been marked by vigorous debate about the meaning of the word, which priorities matter most, and who gets to…
Hello All, I am in D.C. to meet with President Trump’s National Trade Council Director Peter Navarro and to lobby Congress on the need to reinstate COOL and rebuild our food supply chains with a new trade policy. R-CALF USA is doing this with the Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA). We helped develop the…